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==== Marriage Records ==== | ==== Marriage Records ==== | ||
'''Marriage Registers | '''Marriage Registers (Heiratsregister).''' Civil officials recorded the marriages they performed, usually on preprinted forms bound in a book and kept in the civil registration office. Marriage registers give: | ||
*the date and time of the marriage | *the date and time of the marriage | ||
*bride's and groom's names, | *bride's and groom's names, | ||
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*the couple's religion, especially after 1874. | *the couple's religion, especially after 1874. | ||
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'''Certificates (Heiratsscheine).''' Some couples were given a marriage certificate or a book [Stammbuch] with the marriage entry and space for entering children's births. The certificate or book may be in the possession of the family or the civil registrar. | |||
'''Certificates | |||
=== Deaths (Sterberegister or Totenregister)=== | === Deaths (Sterberegister or Totenregister)=== | ||