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 FamilySearch has acquired images of many, though not all, church records from various parts of the former German Empire. These can be found by searching for the '''parish''' in the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search FamilySearch catalog]. An increasing number have been digitized and are available online. Some records and collections must be viewed at a family history center (FHC), affiliate library or may be restricted to members of supporting organizations. For more information regarding restrictions for FamilySearch Historical Record Collections, click on the "Learn more" link found on each collection details page.
-===Other Online Records===
+===Online Availability Table: Catholics===
+% coverage cannot be guaranteed. Expect to encounter restrictions on access to records at FamilySearch.
-*[https://www.archion.de/de/archive-in-archion/ Archion] ($), is a website containing church records from many Protestant archives from many areas in Germany.
+More detailed information can be found on the Wiki page for each of the historical provinces of Germany, see below.
-*[http://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/ Matricula] contains images, but no indexes, of Catholic church records from several dioceses.
-*Ancestry has many German church records, mostly Lutheran, and especially from Württemberg, Baden and Saxony
-=== Online Availability Table: Catholics ===
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+=== Online Availability Table- Protestants ===
+% coverage cannot be guaranteed. Expect to encounter restrictions on access to records at FamilySearch. Archion and Ancestry are both subscription websites.
+Ancestry and FamilySearch also have a [[Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records|collection]] of records taken from across Germany.
+More detailed information can be found on the Wiki page for each of the historical provinces of Germany, see below.
+The Lutheran and Reformed/Calvinist churches have for the most part merged into a single Evangelical Church of Germany. This contains 20 "Regional Churches" which are listed in the table below.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+!Regional Church
+!Major Websites
+!Regional Church
+!Major Websites
+|-
+|Anhalt
+|Archion
+|Mitteldeutschland
+(Central Germany)
+|
+|-
+|Baden
+|Archion
+FamilySearch Catalog
+|Norddeutschland
+(North Germany)
+|Archion
+FamilySearch Catalog
+|-
+|Bayern
+(Bavaria)
+|Archion
+|Oldenburg
+|Archion
+FamilySearch Catalog
+|-
+|Berlin-Brandenburg
+schlesische Oberlausitz
+|Archion
+FamilySearch Catalog
+|Pfalz
+(Palatinate)
+|Archion
+FamilySearch Catalog
+|-
+|Braunschweig
+(Brunswick)
+|Archion
+FamilySearch Catalog
+|Rhineland
+|Archion
+FamilySearch Catalog
+|-
+|Bremen
+|FamilySearch Catalog
+|Saxony
+|Archion
+|-
+|Hanover
+|Archion
+|Schaumberg-Lippe
+|
+|-
+|Hesse and Nassau
+|Archion
+|Westfalen
+|Archion
+FamilySearch Catalog
+|-
+|Kurhessen-Waldeck
+|Archion
+|Württemberg
+|Archion
+Ancestry
+|-
+|Lippe
+|Archion
+FamilySearch Catalog
+|Evangelical Reformed
+(covers several regions)
+|
+|}
+=== Provinces ===
 <span style="color:DarkViolet">Additional online records for the individual provinces of the German Empire are listed on the Church Records page for each province:</span>
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 *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list?fcs=placeId%3A1927074&ec=region%3AEUROPE%2CplaceId%3A1927074 '''Links to Germany church records in FamilySearch Historical Records''']
-===Local Churches===
+===Visiting Churches===
 If the records you need are not at the Family History Library, you may find baptism, marriage, and burial records by contacting or visiting German parishes.
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 [http://www.thecatholicdirectory.com/directory.cfm?fuseaction=show_country&country=de '''The Catholic Directory''']
-===State Archives and Central Church Archives===
+===Visiting State and Central Church Archives===
 If the records you need are not at the Family History Library, you may find baptism, marriage, and burial records by contacting or visiting German archives.
-*'''State Archivres:''' Duplicate records from some parishes are in the '''state archives.''' Many of these records have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library. However, for records that are not microfilmed, you can sometimes write to the state archives to request searches of the duplicates. For more information, see [[Germany Archives and Libraries|Germany Archives and Libraries]].
+*'''State Archives:''' Duplicate records from some parishes are in the '''state archives.''' Many of these records have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library. However, for records that are not microfilmed, you can sometimes write to the state archives to request searches of the duplicates. For more information, see [[Germany Archives and Libraries|Germany Archives and Libraries]].
 *'''Church Archives:''' In a few parts of Germany, church records or duplicates have been gathered from the local parishes into '''central archives.''' Some gaps in the church records of local parishes could be filled using these records. Church archives are often unable to handle genealogical requests, but they can determine whether they have specific records you need, or they may recommend a researcher who can search the records for you.