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==If the churches have placed the records in archives for safekeeping, which archives have jurisdiction for the area?== | ==If the churches have placed the records in archives for safekeeping, which archives have jurisdiction for the area?== | ||
Sometimes, local church records are donated to church archives for safekeeping. Also, for certain time periods, duplicates of the church records were supposed to be sent to the government to act as civil registration. So you can contact archives to find records. The trick is to locate the correct archives. Here the | Sometimes, local church records are donated to church archives for safekeeping. Also, for certain time periods, duplicates of the church records were supposed to be sent to the government to act as civil registration. So you can contact archives to find records. The trick is to locate the correct archives. Here each [[Germany Genealogy#Jurisdictions - 1945-present|'''Germany province page''']] has links for the appropriate archives under | ||
==If you are looking for civil registration records (anything after 1876, and in some states sooner), where is the Standesamt (civil registry office) located?== | ==If you are looking for civil registration records (anything after 1876, and in some states sooner), where is the Standesamt (civil registry office) located?== | ||