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Civil registration records are records of births, marriages, and deaths kept by the government. German terms for these records include ''Standesamtsregister'', ''Zivilstandsregister'', or ''Personenstandsregister''. They are an excellent source for information on names and dates and places of births, marriages, and deaths. These records are kept by the civil registrar [German: Standesbeamte] at the civil registry office (Standesamt). Because they cover about 98% of the population and often provide more information than church records, civil registration records are important sources for German genealogical research, especially after 1876 when the entirety of Germany established civil registration. <br><br> | Civil registration records are records of births, marriages, and deaths kept by the government. German terms for these records include ''Standesamtsregister'', ''Zivilstandsregister'', or ''Personenstandsregister''. They are an excellent source for information on names and dates and places of births, marriages, and deaths. These records are kept by the civil registrar [German: Standesbeamte] at the civil registry office (Standesamt). Because they cover about 98% of the population and often provide more information than church records, civil registration records are important sources for German genealogical research, especially after 1876 when the entirety of Germany established civil registration. <br><br> | ||
==Civil registration: Napoleonic period== | ==Civil registration years: Napoleonic period== | ||
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*'''Oldenburg''': 1811-1815 | *'''Oldenburg''': 1811-1815 | ||
==Civil registration in all of Germany== | ==Civil registration years in all of Germany== | ||
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