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| === Recent Changes in Rights-to-Privacy Laws ===
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| A law passed in February 2007, the [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personenstandsrechtsreformgesetz Personenstandsrechtsreformgesetz], makes civil registration records more accessible for family history research. Since 1 January 2009 the records are accessible to researchers after these time periods have passed:
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| births: 110 years
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| marriages: 80 years
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| deaths: 30 years
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| A direct relationship to the subject of the record sought will only be required in cases where the required time period has not yet elapsed. Even then, the record may be accessible if it can be shown that all "participating parties" have died at least 30 years ago. Participating parties in a birth record are both parents and the child, and both spouses in a marriage.
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| Special regulations apply to records of adoptees and other special-needs groups.
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| === Information Recorded in Civil Registers === | | === Information Recorded in Civil Registers === |