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== Register Types ==
== Register Types ==
===Birth Registers===
Birth registers (''Geburtsregister / Registres des naissances / Registri delle nascite'') include the following information:
*Date of registration of the birth
*Name, residence, and occupation of the informant (usually the father or the midwife)
*Names, residences, and occupations of the witnesses
*Name of the mother and father
*Date and specific place of birth of child
*Full name of the child
===Marriage Registers===
Marriage registers (''Eheregister / Registres des mariages / Registri del matrimonio'') include the following information:
*Date and place of marriage
*Names, place of citizenship, ages, residences, and occupations of bride and groom
*Names, place of citizenship, residence, and occupation of parents
*Names of witnesses and person who performed the ceremony
*Sometimes birth dates of the bride and groom
===Death registers===
Death registers (''Todesregister / Registres des décès / Registri della morte'') include the following information:
*Date of registration
*Name and residence of informant
*Name of deceased
*Place of citizenship
*Date and place of death
*Age
*Occupation
*Names of parents
*Name of surviving spouse
*Sometimes cause of death
*Sometimes place of birth
*Sometimes names of children
===Family Registers===
Family registers (''Familienregister / registres des familles / registri delle famiglie'') consist of a separate page for each male married citizen and includes information about his spouse(s) and children. Entries may include the couple’s parents’ names, the place of citizenship of the spouse(s), birth and marriage information about the children, and notes about occupation, emigration, or other unusual circumstances.
Family books (''Familienbücher, Familienrodel'') and citizens' books (''Bürgerbücher, Bürgerrodel'') were kept by some communities as early as the 1700s, and were widespread in German areas in the 1820s. They were kept by the local priest to keep track of all citizens (''Bürger'') of the parish regardless of residence. Some parish offices created non-citizen resident (''Beisass, Niedersass'') family books as well.


==Accessing the Records==
==Accessing the Records==
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==Information Recorded in the Records==
==Information Recorded in the Records==
===Birth Registers===
Birth registers (''Geburtsregister / Registres des naissances / Registri delle nascite'') include the following information:
*Date of registration of the birth
*Name, residence, and occupation of the informant (usually the father or the midwife)
*Names, residences, and occupations of the witnesses
*Name of the mother and father
*Date and specific place of birth of child
*Full name of the child
===Marriage Registers===
Marriage registers (''Eheregister / Registres des mariages / Registri del matrimonio'') include the following information:
*Date and place of marriage
*Names, place of citizenship, ages, residences, and occupations of bride and groom
*Names, place of citizenship, residence, and occupation of parents
*Names of witnesses and person who performed the ceremony
*Sometimes birth dates of the bride and groom
===Death registers===
Death registers (''Todesregister / Registres des décès / Registri della morte'') include the following information:
*Date of registration
*Name and residence of informant
*Name of deceased
*Place of citizenship
*Date and place of death
*Age
*Occupation
*Names of parents
*Name of surviving spouse
*Sometimes cause of death
*Sometimes place of birth
*Sometimes names of children
===Family Registers===
Family registers (''Familienregister / registres des familles / registri delle famiglie'') consist of a separate page for each male married citizen and includes information about his spouse(s) and children. Entries may include the couple’s parents’ names, the place of citizenship of the spouse(s), birth and marriage information about the children, and notes about occupation, emigration, or other unusual circumstances.
Family books (''Familienbücher, Familienrodel'') and citizens' books (''Bürgerbücher, Bürgerrodel'') were kept by some communities as early as the 1700s, and were widespread in German areas in the 1820s. They were kept by the local priest to keep track of all citizens (''Bürger'') of the parish regardless of residence. Some parish offices created non-citizen resident (''Beisass, Niedersass'') family books as well.




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