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Reliability: As accurate as the compiler. Compiled information is subject to error. Generally, family histories are reliable but information provided should be verified from primary sources. Many genealogical collections were kept in the former Prussian areas now under Polish administration. Prussian scholarship demanded accuracy.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Poland,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1999.</ref> | Reliability: As accurate as the compiler. Compiled information is subject to error. Generally, family histories are reliable but information provided should be verified from primary sources. Many genealogical collections were kept in the former Prussian areas now under Polish administration. Prussian scholarship demanded accuracy.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Poland,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1999.</ref> | ||
===''Ortssippenbuch'' or ''Ortsfamilienbuch'' === | |||
In German genealogy records, an '''Ortssippenbuch''' (town lineage book) or '''Ortsfamilienbuch''' (town family book) includes birth, marriage, and death data for all persons found in the local records during a specified time period, compiled into families. Sources may include the local parish registers, civil registration records, court and land records, and sometimes published material. In the printed book, this information is then arranged in a standardized format, usually alphabetically by surname and chronologically by marriage date. Family entries are identified by sequential numbers. Town genealogies are known by various names, including “town lineage book,” “local heritage book,” “one-place-studies,” “Ortssippenbuch (OSB),” and “Ortsfamilienbuch (OFB).” <br> | |||
In some cases, these books were written before the records were lost or damaged during the war. <br> | |||
A fairly large number of online OFB's are available on [http://ofb.genealogy.net/ '''Genealogy.net (CompGen).''' ] Scroll down the page. The OFB's for modern Germany appear first, but after that '''OFB's for towns formerly in Germany, but now in Poland,''' are listed. | |||
=== Handbooks and Resources === | === Handbooks and Resources === | ||