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Here is a link to an article by Volkmar Weiss re. family history research in Saxon archives: [http://www.v-weiss.de/interesse.html http://www.v-weiss.de/interesse.html]&nbsp;The author also&nbsp;created a list of records with genealogical content, their time&nbsp;frames and&nbsp;repositories&nbsp;most useful to the family researcher looking for&nbsp;such in Saxony. See [http://www.v-weiss.de/sachsen-archive.html http://www.v-weiss.de/sachsen-archive.html] Clicking on&nbsp;"Sachregister der personengeschichtlichen Quellen" will list record types&nbsp;and also show for which town/village they are available.&nbsp; For availability of such records check also [http://www.familysearch.org www.familysearch.org] Family History Library Catalog.<br><br>There is a general article about Archives and Libraries in FamilySearch Wiki, Portal Germany, [[Germany Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] which will explain the use of them in a condensed fashion.  
Here is a link to an article by Volkmar Weiss re. family history research in Saxon archives: [http://www.v-weiss.de/interesse.html http://www.v-weiss.de/interesse.html]&nbsp;The author also&nbsp;created a list of records with genealogical content, their time&nbsp;frames and&nbsp;repositories&nbsp;most useful to the family researcher looking for&nbsp;such in Saxony. See [http://www.v-weiss.de/sachsen-archive.html http://www.v-weiss.de/sachsen-archive.html] Clicking on&nbsp;"Sachregister der personengeschichtlichen Quellen" will list record types&nbsp;and also show for which town/village they are available.&nbsp; For availability of such records check also [http://www.familysearch.org www.familysearch.org] Family History Library Catalog.<br><br>There is a general article about Archives and Libraries in FamilySearch Wiki, Portal Germany, [[Germany Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] which will explain the use of them in a condensed fashion.  


The following is a link to the 540 or so public libraries in Freistaat Sachsen. Just enter the postal code of the town you are interested in to call up the collection or choose by subject to view each library's holdings.


http://dienste.slub-dresden.de/bibl/inhalt.php?samschp=&amp;plz=Sebni&amp;ort=&amp;doIt=Suche
 
This is a link to the oldest library in Saxony:
 
http://rsb.zwickau.de/
 
 


The four state archives of Sachsen, Dresden, Leipzig, Freiberg and Chemnitz have their archival holdings online, see http://www.archiv.sachsen.de/5429.htm There is also a provisional archive for Bautzen.  
The four state archives of Sachsen, Dresden, Leipzig, Freiberg and Chemnitz have their archival holdings online, see http://www.archiv.sachsen.de/5429.htm There is also a provisional archive for Bautzen.  
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