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If you plan to visit one of these repositories, contact the archive or library and ask for information about its collection, hours, services, and fees. Also ask who may use their facility. | If you plan to visit one of these repositories, contact the archive or library and ask for information about its collection, hours, services, and fees. Also ask who may use their facility. | ||
Although the original records you need may be in an archive or library in Germany, the Family History Library may have a microfilm copy of them. Check the [[Introduction to the | Although the original records you need may be in an archive or library in Germany, the Family History Library may have a microfilm copy of them. Check the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]] before writing to or visiting archives in Germany. | ||
German archives and parishes often refer family history letters to historical or genealogical societies. Members of these societies can usually search the local archives. Sometimes the archive will recommend other archives to which you can write. You will usually find what you need more quickly by contacting local parish or civil archives before larger state archives or libraries. | German archives and parishes often refer family history letters to historical or genealogical societies. Members of these societies can usually search the local archives. Sometimes the archive will recommend other archives to which you can write. You will usually find what you need more quickly by contacting local parish or civil archives before larger state archives or libraries. | ||
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== Archives Outside of Germany == | == Archives Outside of Germany == | ||
The Family History Library has on microfilm many German records from areas now in Poland, France, Denmark, Belgium, Russia, and Lithuania. If you cannot find the records you need in the | The Family History Library has on microfilm many German records from areas now in Poland, France, Denmark, Belgium, Russia, and Lithuania. If you cannot find the records you need in the FamilySearch Catalog, you can write to the parish where your ancestor lived, the German Center for Genealogy, or the archives of the country. The main archives outside of Germany are described below. | ||
=== Poland === | === Poland === | ||
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*Hope, Anne, and Jörg Nagler. ''Guide to German Historical Sources in North American Libraries''. Washington, D.C., USA: German Historical Institute, 1991. (FHL book 970 A3ho.) | *Hope, Anne, and Jörg Nagler. ''Guide to German Historical Sources in North American Libraries''. Washington, D.C., USA: German Historical Institute, 1991. (FHL book 970 A3ho.) | ||
These types of records are listed in the | These types of records are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog under one of the following headings: | ||
GERMANY - ARCHIVES AND LIBRA[[|]]RIES ¬INVENTORIES, REGISTERS, CATALOGS | GERMANY - ARCHIVES AND LIBRA[[|]]RIES ¬INVENTORIES, REGISTERS, CATALOGS | ||