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Archive Addresses and Repositories[edit | edit source]

Below is a list of many important German archives and repositories. There are also a few entries of archives in localities which are now in Brandenburg (excluding the city of Berlin), but formerly belonged to Prussia and/or now in Poland. If you are not able to find your needed Archive address below, this link will take you to a very extensive list of German Archives: Archives in Germany

Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv
An der Orangerie 3
D-14469 Potsdam
Germany

Bundesarchiv Abteilung Potsdam
Berliner Strasse 98-101
D-14467 Potsdam
Germany

Domstiftsarchiv Brandenburg
Burghof 2
14776 Brandenburg
Tel.: 49-3381-2112215
Website: http://www.dom-brandenburg.de/data/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
Email: archiv@dom-brandenburg.de

Staatsarchive Rathaus Potsdam
Helene-Lange-Str.
14469 Potsdam
Tel: (0331) 289 2038
Email: Stadtarchiv@Rathaus.Potsdam.de

Church records or duplicates may have been gathered from the local parishes into central archives, either by the churches or the state. Older records are frequently given to these archives for safekeeping. Some gaps in the church records of local parishes could be filled using these records.

Pdf Archive Inventory: "Part 1 of 2: Church records in Archives" - is an inventory of localities and the location or archive where their records should be found. The sixth column, "Archives", gives a number. To find the name and contact information, look up that number in the second column of this .pdf: Part 2: Archive Addresses. It is not clear how up-to-date this inventory is.

Some archives offer searches for a fee. Archives might be unable to handle genealogical requests, but they can determine whether they have specific records you need, sometimes perform very brief research, such as just one record, or they may recommend a researcher who can search the records for you. Archivists are required to speak English.

E-mail[edit | edit source]

You can e-mail archives and ask whether they have records for a parish. Also, you should inquire whether they provide research services and what their fees are. You can communicate with the archives in English.

Lutheran Archives[edit | edit source]

Evangelical State Church Archive in Berlin
Bethaniendamm 29
10997 Berlin
Germany Tel .: 030-225045-0
Email: elab@ekbo.de
Website
Online records: Archion: Berlin, Brandenburg, Silesian Oberlausitz: Landeskirchliches Archiv in Berlin, ($)

Evangelical Central Archive in Berlin
Bethaniendamm 29
10997 Berlin
Germany Tel .: 030-225045-0
Tel .: 030-225045-20

Contact to the church book office:
Email: kirchenbuchstelle@ezab.de
Website
Online records: Archion: Evangelical Central Archives, Berlin, for the Neumark, ($)