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=== Church Record Inventories ===
=== Church Record Inventories ===
Church record inventories are essential tools for finding German records. They identify what records should be available for a specified parish and where to write for information on these records. They list the church records, their location, and the years they cover. Sometimes inventories explain which parishes served which towns at different periods of time.  
Church record inventories are essential tools for finding German records. They identify what records should be available for a specified parish and where to write for information on these records. They list the church records, their location, and the years they cover. Sometimes inventories explain which parishes served which towns at different periods of time.  
*The new [http://www.kirchenbuchportal.findbuch.net/php/main.php?ar_id=3708 '''Kirchenbuchportal'''] (church book portal) has been created by the Association of Church Archives, ecumenical organization, to facilitate access to German-language church records.
 
**Details about the participating archives, including links to posted inventories, are found [http://www.kirchenbuchportal.de/visit.htm here].
For more information, see [[Germany Websites--Reference and Training#Parish Register Inventories|Parish Register Inventories]] and [[Germany Church Directories|Germany Church Directories.]]  
**A database of all inventoried records, arranged by archive, is found [http://www.kirchenbuchportal.findbuch.net/php/main.php?ar_id=3708 here].
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For more information, see [[Germany Websites--Reference and Training#Parish Register Inventories|Parish Register Inventories]] and [[Germany Church Directories|Germany Church Directories.]]


The following source contains a helpful list of German church record inventories with Family History Library call numbers and English annotations: Blodgett, Steven W. ''Germany: Genealogical Research Guide.'' Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1989. (FHL book 943 D27bs; film 1,573,115 item 2; fiche 6,001,630.)  
The following source contains a helpful list of German church record inventories with Family History Library call numbers and English annotations: Blodgett, Steven W. ''Germany: Genealogical Research Guide.'' Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1989. (FHL book 943 D27bs; film 1,573,115 item 2; fiche 6,001,630.)  
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