Germany, Prussia, Brandenburg, Cottbus, Miscellaneous City Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

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Title in the Language of the Records

Deutschland, Brandenburg, Cottbus Archivgut

Record Description

This Collection will include records from 1672 to 1919.

This is a collection of mixed records from the city archives of Cottbus. Most of the records are handwritten in narrative style and, in later years, in formatted forms. The record text is in German. Includes military records, land & property records, citizen rolls, Jewish records, city directories, and some items from Sandow.

This collection may include records such as:

• Wills and estates
• Land and tenancy records
• Court records
• Tax records
• Funeral sermons and sexton records
• Voting registers
• Council meeting protocols
• Hospital books

For a list of records by date or locality currently published in this collection, select the Browse link from the collection landing page.

These records are written in German.

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Germany, Prussia, Brandenburg, Cottbus, Miscellaneous City Records, 1672-1919.

Record Content

• Germany, Brandenburg, Cottbus, Miscellaneous City Records, 1672-1919 (11-1299) Einforderung kirchlicher Listen DGS 5237871 46.jpg
• Germany Brandenburg Cottbus Miscellaneous City Records 1672-1919 (11-1299) Kriegsmusterung DGS 5237870 354.jpg

  Military Muster roll

• Germany Brandenburg Cottbus Miscellaneous City Records 1672-1919 (11-1299) Militärstammrollen DGS 5237879 450.jpg

  Military Unit Muster Roll

• Germany Brandenburg Cottbus Miscellaneous City Records 1672-1919 (11-1299) Stammrolle DGS 5237870 148.jpg

Records generally contain the following information:

• Names of parents, children, witnesses
• Dates and places of events, ages
• Residence and religion of principals
• Occupation of principal person and maybe of other people listed depending on the record
• Legitimacy

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Search the collection by image comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine which one is your ancestor. You may need to compare the information about more than one person to make this determination.

In order to find data in this collection, it will be necessary to know at least the name of the ancestor, the place of the event, and an approximate date.

Some records have indexes at the end of the volume. Frequently, these indexes are arranged by the given name of the individual and sometimes use the Latin form of the name. Those volumes without indexes need to be searched chronologically for the individuals sought.

When you have located your ancestor’s record, carefully evaluate each piece of information about other people listed in the record. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. For example:

• Use the birth or baptism date and place to find the family in other civil records or church records.
• The parents' places of origin can tell you former residences and can help to establish a migration pattern for the family.
• It is often helpful to extract the information on all children with the same parents. If the surname is unusual, you may want to compile baptism entries for every person of the same surname and sort them into families based on the names of the parents. Continue to search the baptism records to identify siblings, parents, and other relatives in the same or other generations who were born, married, and died in or near to the same place.

For Help Reading These Records

These records are in German. For help reading the records, see the following wiki articles:

• German Word List
  
• German Language and Languages

Don't overlook FS Library Place Germany, Preußen, Brandenburg items or FS Library Keyword Germany, Preußen, Brandenburg items in the FamilySearch Library Catalog. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see Germany Archives and Libraries.

Related Websites

Kirchenbuchportal

Related Wiki Articles

• Germany Archives and Libraries
• Germany Church Records
• Germany locating civil registration records not at the Family History Library
• Germany Genealogy

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