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Records created before 1876 may be kept at the respective county- or state archive.  
Records created before 1876 may be kept at the respective county- or state archive.  


=== Records available on the Internet ===
=== Records available on the Internet ===


In March 2009 the Landesarchiv Baden-Wuerttemberg made images of Jewish records available on the Internet. Previously this collection could only be viewed on microfilm at the State Archive in Stuttgart. The collection includes birth, marriage, and death registers, family books, and other lists, mostly from the 19th Century
In March 2009 the Landesarchiv Baden-Wuerttemberg made images of Jewish records available on the Internet. Previously this collection could only be viewed on microfilm at the State Archive in Stuttgart. The collection includes birth, marriage, and death registers, family books, and other lists, mostly from the 19th Century.
 
This collection, also known as the "Gatermann films", complements the records available at the Family History Library for this area. The latter are Jewish births, marriages, and deaths filmed at the Central Office for Genealogy in Leipzig.
 
During the Nazi Era, Jewish communities in Baden, Hohenzollern, and Wuerttemberg were required to give up their records to government authorities. This included births, marriages, deaths, circumcision records, cemetery registers, and membership lists. The collected material was microfilmed in 1943-1945 by the Gaterman Brothers Company from Duisburg.


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