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| A biography is a history of a person's life. In a biography you may find birth, marriage, and death information and the names of parents, spouses, children, or other family members. Use information from a biography carefully because it may contain inaccuracies.<br><br>
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| ==Collective Biographies==
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| Many brief biographies have been gathered and published in collective biographies, sometimes called biographical encyclopedias or biographical dictionaries. These works usually include only biographies of prominent or well-known German citizens. Other collective biographies feature biographies of specific groups of people, such as merchants or students of an academy.
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| ===The German Biographical Archive===
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| The source below is a collection of 263 important German biographical works published between 1700 and 1910:
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| *'''''Deutsches biographisches Archiv = The German Biographical Archive.''''' München, Germany: K. G. Saur, 198-? {{FSC|499575|item|disp=FS Library fiche #6,002,159}} This work, on 1,447 microfiche, refers to about 225,000 eminent Germans.
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| An index to this collection is listed below:
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| *Koch, Hans-Albrecht. '''''Deutscher Biographischer Index (German biographical index).'''''Four Volumes. München, Germany: K. G. Saur, 1986. {{FSC|343059|item|disp=FHK book 943 D32k Volume 1-4.}}
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| ===Other Collections===
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| There are several other major collections of German biographies. Listed below are two important collections:
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| Führende Persönlichkeiten (Leading personalities). See [[Germany Genealogy]].
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| *''Neue Deutsche Biographie (New German biography).'' Berlin, Germany: Duncker & Humblot, 1953-. (FS Library book 943 D3nd.) The first 16 volumes, published through 1993, include the surnames Aachen to Melanchthon.
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| ===FS Library Access===
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| Collective biographies at the FamilySearch Library are usually listed in the Place Search of the catalog under:
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| {{FSC|Germany - Biography|subject|subject-id=1970341229|disp='''GERMANY - BIOGRAPHY '''}}
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| '''GERMANY, [STATE] - BIOGRAPHY'''
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| You will also find some biographical information in German encyclopedias.
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| {{Germany|Germany}}
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| [[fr:Allemagne : Biographies]]
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| [[Category:Germany|Biography]] [[Category:Biographies]]
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