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== Town Genealogy Books (Ortssippenbücher) == | == Town Genealogy Books (Ortssippenbücher) == | ||
Over 620 online town genealogies are currently accessible at [http://www.online-ofb.de/ '''Online Ortsfamilienbücher''']. They follow a standard format. Books published on other websites often have very different formats, so the reader needs to study each individual publication. Usually, minimal knowledge of German is required. All town genealogies on this website are searchable for individuals by surname or place. | Over 620 online town genealogies are currently accessible at [http://www.online-ofb.de/ '''Online Ortsfamilienbücher''']. They follow a standard format. Books published on other websites often have very different formats, so the reader needs to study each individual publication. Usually, minimal knowledge of German is required. All town genealogies on this website are searchable for individuals by surname or place. | ||
*An Ortssippenbuch (town lineage book) or Ortsfamilienbuch (town family book) includes birth, marriage, and death data for all persons found in the local records during a specified time period, compiled into families. Sources may include the local parish registers, civil registration records, court and land records, and sometimes published material. In the printed book, this information is then arranged in a standardized format, usually alphabetically by surname and chronologically by marriage date. Family entries are identified by sequential numbers. Town genealogies are known by various names, including “town lineage book,” “local heritage book,” “one-place-studies,” “Ortssippenbuch (OSB),” and “Ortsfamilienbuch (OFB).” This article will use the term “town genealogy” and the abbreviation OFB when referring to compilations that include all or a large part of a town’s population. | *An Ortssippenbuch (town lineage book) or Ortsfamilienbuch (town family book) includes birth, marriage, and death data for all persons found in the local records during a specified time period, compiled into families. Sources may include the local parish registers, civil registration records, court and land records, and sometimes published material. In the printed book, this information is then arranged in a standardized format, usually alphabetically by surname and chronologically by marriage date. Family entries are identified by sequential numbers. Town genealogies are known by various names, including “town lineage book,” “local heritage book,” “one-place-studies,” “Ortssippenbuch (OSB),” and “Ortsfamilienbuch (OFB).” This article will use the term “town genealogy” and the abbreviation OFB when referring to compilations that include all or a large part of a town’s population. | ||
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A list of published Ortssippenbücher is found at:[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Kategorie:Ortsfamilienbuch wiki-de.genealogy.net/Kategorie:Ortsfamilienbuch] | A list of published Ortssippenbücher is found at:[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Kategorie:Ortsfamilienbuch wiki-de.genealogy.net/Kategorie:Ortsfamilienbuch] | ||
*A list of on-line Ortssippenbücher (fully searchable online) available on www.genealogy.net is found at:[http://www.online-ofb.de/ www.online-ofb.de/] In addition, other websites also host compiled genealogies. Some regional genealogical societies have published town genealogies. For example, [http://die-maus-bremen.info/index.php '''''Die Maus'','''] the Bremen area genealogical society, includes about thirty town genealogy databases on its website http://www.genealogy.net/vereine/maus/datenbanken/index.php?lang=de . | |||
For more information on village lineage books see [[German Town Genealogies and Parish Register Inventories on the Internet#Bibiographies_of_Town_Genealogies|Bibiographies_of_Town_Genealogies]]. | For more information on village lineage books see [[German Town Genealogies and Parish Register Inventories on the Internet#Bibiographies_of_Town_Genealogies|Bibiographies_of_Town_Genealogies]]. | ||