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100% coverage cannot be guaranteed. Expect to encounter restrictions on access to records at FamilySearch. | 100% coverage cannot be guaranteed. Expect to encounter restrictions on access to records at FamilySearch. | ||
The Wiki page for each of the historical provinces of Germany, containing more detail about online records, and a map of Catholic dioceses can be found later in this article. | |||
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=== Online Availability Table- Protestants === | ===Online Availability Table- Protestants=== | ||
100% coverage cannot be guaranteed. Expect to encounter restrictions on access to records at FamilySearch. Archion and Ancestry are both subscription websites. | 100% 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. | Ancestry and FamilySearch also have a [[Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records|collection]] of records taken from across Germany. | ||
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. | |||
The | The Wiki page for each of the historical provinces of Germany, containing more detail about online records, and a map of Regional Churches can be found later in this article. | ||
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=== Provinces === | ===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> | <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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===Visiting Churches=== | ===Visiting Churches=== | ||
If the records you need are not | If the records you need are not online, you may find baptism, marriage, and burial records by contacting or visiting German parishes. | ||
Most church registers are still maintained by the parish. You might obtain information by writing to the parish. Parish employees will usually answer correspondence written in German. Your request may be forwarded if the records have been sent to a central repository. | Most church registers are still maintained by the parish. You might obtain information by writing to the parish. Parish employees will usually answer correspondence written in German. Your request may be forwarded if the records have been sent to a central repository. | ||
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===Visiting State and Central Church Archives=== | ===Visiting State and Central Church Archives=== | ||
If the records you need are not | If the records you need are not online, you may find baptism, marriage, and burial records by contacting or visiting German archives. | ||
*'''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]]. | *'''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]]. | ||