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== Melde Records == | |||
Police began keeping records of each German's residence in the 1840s. Citizens were required to tell the police at the local registration office [Meldeamt or Einwohnermeldeamt] when they moved. The records created are called registrations [Melderegister] or residents lists [Einwohnerregister]. They are usually found at the city archives. | |||
To use the records, you must know the approximate years a person lived in a town. The records usually give a person's name, birth date, birthplace, occupation, each residence in the city, and where he or she moved. These records supplement church records and civil registration. The Family History Library has a selection of these records, most notably in Hamburg, Sachsen, and Thüringen. For example, the library has over 4,000 films for Leipzig (1890-1949). Population registers are found in the Place Search of the catalog under: | |||
GERMANY, [STATE], [TOWN] - POPULATION | |||
GERMANY, [STATE], [TOWN] OCCUPATIONS | |||
<br>[[Image:Melde heading.jpg|left|300x100px|Melde heading.jpg]]<br>This Melde Heading sample is translated below:<br>Column 1. Day of Arrival <br>Column 2. Name, also with females, include name of father <br>Column 3. Status or Occupation <br>Column 4. Birthdate - Day Month Year <br>Column 5. Birthplace and district <br>Column 6. Religion <br>Column 7. Nationality <br>Column 8. Previous residence <br>Column 9. Day of leaving <br>Column 10. New residence | |||
==Gesindeverzeichnis== | |||
*Gesindeverzeichnisse were kept by the local police. They are part of the security measures incumbent on the police. For instance, people working as servants (Gesinde) were closely monitored. They had to be registered with the local police. Read more about Gesinde here: [http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fde.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGesinde&sl=de&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8 Wikipedia, "Gesinde (People)"]. | |||
*In contrast to them, Gesindel (riffraff) were also closely observed. | |||
*In a Gesinde-Verzeichnis one can find a person's name, his date and place of birth, when he/she started the service, who the employer was, from when to when the service lasted and who issued a certificate of completion. | |||
Some Gesindeverzeichnisse are available through Familysearch, catalog, locality, population or occupation and can be ordered through the Family History Center network. | |||
==House Books [Hausbücher]== | ==House Books [Hausbücher]== | ||
A few cities and towns have house books [Hausbücher] that list the owners of each house, their occupations and years of residence, and sometimes other residents of the house. Biographical sketches and genealogies are sometimes included. The following is an example of this kind of record: | A few cities and towns have house books [Hausbücher] that list the owners of each house, their occupations and years of residence, and sometimes other residents of the house. Biographical sketches and genealogies are sometimes included. The following is an example of this kind of record: | ||
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==Stadtbücher(City Administrative Records)== | ==Stadtbücher(City Administrative Records)== | ||