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Germany, Baden, Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau, Catholic Church Records, 1678-1930 CID2790181 {{{CID2}}} {{{CID3}}} {{{CID4}}} {{{CID5}}} {{{CID6}}} {{{CID7}}} {{{CID8}}} {{{CID9}}}
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Freiburg im Breisgau,  Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Location of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Location of Germany
Current Location
Baden is located in Germany
Record Description
Record Type	Church Records
Collection years:	1678-1930
Languages:	German
Title in the Language:	Deutschland, Baden, Erzdiözese Freiburg im Breisgau, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1678-1930
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What is in This Collection?

This collection has Catholic records from the Archdiocese of Freiburg im Beisgau, Baden, Germany. There are baptism, marriage, and death records included.

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Reading These Records

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• German Language and Languages
• German Genealogical Word List
• Germany Handwriting
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• Town or province of residence
• Age or birth date
• Names of family members

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What Do I Do Next?

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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

• Use the information to find your ancestors in censuses. These can help you find additional family members
• Use the age in the record to find an approximate birth year, which will help you find a birth or death record. Sometimes a person is buried in a city or town in which they did not die so it is not always accurate to assume that a burial place is the same as a death place
• Repeat this process with additional family members found to find more generations of the family

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

• Switch to a different record collection. Depending on the time period, either German Civil Registration records or German Church records may be more useful
• While searching, it is helpful to know such information as the ancestor’s given name and surname, some identifying information such as residence and age, and family relationships. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name as an ancestor and that the ancestor may have used nicknames or different names at different times
• Keep in mind that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name
• Standard spelling of names typically did not exist during the periods our ancestors lived in. Try variations of your ancestor’s name while searching the index or browsing through images. Pay special attention to how the name should have been pronounced and try variations on the pronunciation
• Search the indexes and records of local genealogical societies

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Collection Citation

"Deutschland, Baden, Erzbistum Freiburg, katholische Kirchenbücher, 1678-1930." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 18 June 2018. Erzbischöfliches Archiv Freiburg (Archbishop's Archives), Germany.

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