Germany, Saxony- (Sachsen-) Anhalt, Halberstadt Kreisarchiv, City Directories, Citizen Rolls, Residence Lists, and School Directories - FamilySearch Historical Records
What is in This Collection?
This collection includes records from 1700-1933, and is comprised of civil registrations, church records, school records, military records, funeral sermons, citizen rolls, and city directories from the Halberstadt Kreisarchiv (district archives), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. These records are in German with some Latin in the funeral sermons.
Reading These Records
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- German Language and Languages
- German Genealogical Word List
- Germany Handwriting
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What Can These Records Tell Me?
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- Name of the person
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As you search, look for a record which matches this information.
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What Do I Do Next?
I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?
- Copy down all the information from the record
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- Use the information to find your ancestors in census records. These can help you find additional family members
- Use the age in the record to find an approximate birth year
I Can't Find Who I'm Looking For, What Now?
- Consult the Germany Record Finder to find other records
- When looking for an individual with a common name, look at all the search results before deciding which is the correct person. Use other information, such as place of birth, age, occupation, or names of parents, to help with this decision. If listed, a personal title may be a clue to property ownership or occupation, either of which might be noted in other records
- Try variations of given names and surnames. An individual might appear under a different name in a record for a variety of reasons:
- They might have been listed under a middle name, nickname, or abbreviation of their given name
- Spelling was not standardized for much of the period of this collection, so names were often spelled as recorders heard them. Pay attention to how the name should have been pronounced and try spelling variations that could have that pronunciation
- Some women returned to their maiden names after the death of their husbands
- Vary the search terms. For example, expand the date range or search by either the given name or surname to return a broader list search results
- Search the records of nearby locations. While a person in this period rarely ever lived more than about 20 miles from their place of birth, moves within this range were common
Record Finder
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Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.
- Collection Citation
- "Deutschland, Sachsen-Anhalt, Halberstadt Kreisarchiv, Adreßbücher, Bürgerrolle, und Häuserlisten, 1700-1933." Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. Halberstadt Kreisarchiv, Sachsen-Anhalt [Halberstadt District Archives, Saxony-Anhalt].
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