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==Online Records== | ==Online Records== | ||
*'''1815-1974''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60778/ Germany and Surrounding Areas, Address Books, 1815-1974] - index & images | *'''1815-1974''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60778/ Germany and Surrounding Areas, Address Books, 1815-1974] - index & images ($) | ||
*'''1843-1918''' [https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/de/zespol/-/zespol/150135?_Zespol_javax.portlet.action=zmienWidok&_Zespol_nameofjsp=jednostki&_Zespol_delta=20&_Zespol_resetCur=false&_Zespol_cur=1Gdansk (formerly Danzig, Westpreussen) Gdansk (formerly Danzig, Westpreussen)] Karty meldunkowe/ Meldekartei/ population registry cards from 1843 to 1918. Currently, only letters A-K are online. | *'''1843-1918''' [https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/de/zespol/-/zespol/150135?_Zespol_javax.portlet.action=zmienWidok&_Zespol_nameofjsp=jednostki&_Zespol_delta=20&_Zespol_resetCur=false&_Zespol_cur=1Gdansk (formerly Danzig, Westpreussen) Gdansk (formerly Danzig, Westpreussen)] Karty meldunkowe/ Meldekartei/ population registry cards from 1843 to 1918. Currently, only letters A-K are online. | ||
*'''1869-1932''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61673/ Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany, Residence Records, 1869-1932] at Ancestry, index and records ($) | *'''1869-1932''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61673/ Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany, Residence Records, 1869-1932] at Ancestry, index and records ($) | ||
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Police began keeping records of each German's residence in the 1840s. Citizens were required to tell the police at the local registration office (Meldeamt or Einwohnermeldeamt) when they moved. The records created are called registrations (Melderegister) or residents lists (Einwohnerregister). They are usually found at the city archives. Formats vary from bound volumes to individual one- or two-sided index cards or sheets. Earlier records may only list the head of household. Later records include every member of the family. | Police began keeping records of each German's residence in the 1840s. Citizens were required to tell the police at the local registration office (Meldeamt or Einwohnermeldeamt) when they moved. The records created are called registrations (Melderegister) or residents lists (Einwohnerregister). They are usually found at the city archives. Formats vary from bound volumes to individual one- or two-sided index cards or sheets. Earlier records may only list the head of household. Later records include every member of the family. | ||
To use the records, you must know the approximate years a person lived in a town. The records usually give a person's name, birth date, birthplace, occupation, each residence in the city, and where he or she moved. These records supplement church records and civil registration. The | To use the records, you must know the approximate years a person lived in a town. The records usually give a person's name, birth date, birthplace, occupation, each residence in the city, and where he or she moved. These records supplement church records and civil registration. The FamilySearch Library has a selection of these records, most notably in Hamburg, Sachsen, and Thüringen. For example, the library has over 4,000 films for Leipzig (1890-1949). Population registers are found in the Place Search of the catalog under: | ||
GERMANY, [STATE], [TOWN] - POPULATION | GERMANY, [STATE], [TOWN] - POPULATION | ||
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GERMANY, [STATE], [TOWN] OCCUPATIONS | GERMANY, [STATE], [TOWN] OCCUPATIONS | ||
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This Melderegister Heading sample | This Melderegister Heading sample is translated below: | ||
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==Directories== | ==Directories== | ||
*'''1815-1974''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60778/ Germany and Surrounding Areas, Address Books, 1815-1974] - at Ancestry - index & images | *'''1815-1974''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60778/ Germany and Surrounding Areas, Address Books, 1815-1974] - at Ancestry - index & images ($) | ||
*'''2001, 2003''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62433/ Germany, Phone Book Indexes, 2001 and 2003] at Ancestry - index ($)<br> | *'''2001, 2003''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62433/ Germany, Phone Book Indexes, 2001 and 2003] at Ancestry - index ($)<br> | ||
Directories are alphabetical lists of names and addresses. Some German directories list all the adult residents or tradesmen who lived in a town or area at the time the directory was published. The German term is "''Adressbuch''", plural "''Adressbücher''". | Directories are alphabetical lists of names and addresses. Some German directories list all the adult residents or tradesmen who lived in a town or area at the time the directory was published. The German term is "''Adressbuch''", plural "''Adressbücher''". | ||
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==== FamilySearch Catalog ==== | ==== FamilySearch Catalog ==== | ||
The | The FamilySearch Library has some German city directories. Most date from the 1830s to the mid-1900s. They are listed in the Place Search of the catalog under: | ||
GERMANY, [STATE - DIRECTORIES] | GERMANY, [STATE - DIRECTORIES] | ||
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==Gesindeverzeichnis== | ==Gesindeverzeichnis== | ||
*Gesindeverzeichnisse | *Gesindeverzeichnisse were kept by the local police. They are part of the security measures incumbent on the police. For instance, people working as servants (Gesinde) were closely monitored. They had to be registered with the local police. Read more about Gesinde here: [http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fde.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGesinde&sl=de&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8 Wikipedia, "Gesinde (People)"]. | ||
*In contrast to them, Gesindel (riffraff) were also closely observed. | *In contrast to them, Gesindel (riffraff) were also closely observed. | ||
*In a Gesinde-Verzeichnis one can find a person's name, his date and place of birth, when he/she started the service, | *In a Gesinde-Verzeichnis one can find a person's name, his date and place of birth, when he/she started the service, who the employer was, from when to when the service lasted and who issued a certificate of completion. | ||
Some Gesindeverzeichnisse are available through Familysearch, catalog, | Some Gesindeverzeichnisse are available through Familysearch, catalog, locality, population or occupation and can be ordered through the FamilySearch Center network. | ||
==House Books [Hausbücher]== | ==House Books [Hausbücher]== | ||
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*''Bauern und Hausbesitzer mit ihren Vorfahren in den 55 Dörfern des Kreises Peine (Farmers and house owners with their ancestors in the 55 villages of the Peine District [Hannover]).''Goslar, Germany: Blut und Boden, 1938. (FS Library book 943B4q v. 25; film 924,909 item 3.) | *''Bauern und Hausbesitzer mit ihren Vorfahren in den 55 Dörfern des Kreises Peine (Farmers and house owners with their ancestors in the 55 villages of the Peine District [Hannover]).''Goslar, Germany: Blut und Boden, 1938. (FS Library book 943B4q v. 25; film 924,909 item 3.) | ||
The | The FamilySearch Library has only a few of these records, and only people wealthy enough to own property are likely to be listed in them. The following bibliography is arranged by both author and place: | ||
*Spruth, Herbert. ''Die Hausmarke: Wesen und Bibliographie (The nature of house marks with their bibliography)''. Neustadt/Aisch, Germany: Degener,1965. (FS Library book 943 B4a number 4.) | *Spruth, Herbert. ''Die Hausmarke: Wesen und Bibliographie (The nature of house marks with their bibliography)''. Neustadt/Aisch, Germany: Degener,1965. (FS Library book 943 B4a number 4.) | ||
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