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Information about parents, the birth date, the birthplace, and other information about the deceased may be inaccurate, depending on the informant's knowledge.
Information about parents, the birth date, the birthplace, and other information about the deceased may be inaccurate, depending on the informant's knowledge.
=== Stamps and Notes on Civil Registration Records===
The following table illustrates which types of stamps and notes may be found on which type(s) of German civil registration records.
{| width="100%" border="1"  cellpadding="10" "0"
|-
| width="10.5%" style="background: #87B940" <th align="center">|{{color|white|'''Record Type'''}}
| width="10.5%" style="background: #87B940" <th align="center">|{{color|white|'''Birth Stamp'''}}
| width="15%" style="background: #87B940" <th align="center">|{{color|white|'''Marriage Stamp'''}}
| width="12.5%" style="background: #87B940" <th align="center">|{{color|white|'''Divorce Note'''}}
| width="12.5%" style="background: #87B940" <th align="center">|{{color|white|'''Death Stamp'''}}
| width="12.50%" style="background: #87B940" <th align="center">|{{color|white|'''Paternity Note'''}}
| width="15%" style="background: #87B940" <th align="center">|{{color|white|'''Name Change Note'''}}
| width="12.50%" style="background: #87B940"  <th align="center">|{{color|white|'''Correction Note'''}}
|-
|  '''Birth'''
|
| <center>'''✓'''
|<center> '''✓'''
|<center>'''✓ (note) '''
| <center>'''✓'''
|<center>'''✓'''
|-
|  '''Marriage'''
|<center>'''✓ (of children)'''
|     
|  <center>'''✓'''
|<center>'''✓'''
|<center>'''✓ (paragraph)'''
| <center>'''✓'''
| <center>'''✓'''
|-
|  '''Death'''
|
|     
|
|
|
|
|<center> '''✓'''
|-
|}
Stamps and notes are added after the event the record is created for—as such, these additions refer to events that took place later. The exception is the paragraph space on the second page of a civil marriage record, which is filled out at the time of the marriage and contains information about any premarital children of the now married couple.
For more information about stamps and notes, see the "Reading German Civil Birth, Marriage, and Death Records" Instruction sheet on the [[Germany "How to" Guides|Germany "How to" Guides]] FamilySearch Wiki page.


== Locating Records  ==
== Locating Records  ==