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 == Locating Records  ==
-Civil registration records were kept at the local civil registration office (Standesamt). To find the records, you need to first determine the town where your ancestor lived, then determine the location of the civil registration office for that town. &nbsp;The civil registration office may have been located in the same town or,&nbsp;for smaller towns and villages, the civil records may have been kept in a larger nearby town. Use gazetteers to help identify the place where your ancestor lived and the civil registration office that served it (see [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Germany_Gazetteers Germany Gazetteers]).&nbsp;Large cities often have many civil registration districts. City directories can sometimes help identify which civil registration district a person lived in. &nbsp;
+Civil registration records were kept at the local civil registration office (Standesamt). Most civil registers are still located at the local civil registration offices, but some are collected in city or state archives.<br>
-Most civil registers are still located at the local civil registration offices, but some are collected in city or state archives.<br>
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