Author: Raymond S. Wright III et al
Title: Ancestors in German Archives: A Guide to Family History Sources
Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: New
Publisher: Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Company 2004
ISBN Number: 0-8063-1747-7
Our Product Number: GER225
1,198 pp., illus., index, maps. Designed to answer the researcher's most frequently asked questions regarding the type of records that exist and where such records can be found, this massive compilation holds the key to genealogical research in Germany, It is the outgrowth of a project launched by Brigham Young University in 1996 to survey all record holdings in approximately 2,000 public and private archives of the Federal Republic of Germany. To facilitate the location of records in each archive or repository, the book is arranged in the following manner. The first part of each chapter contains listings of state archives; next, all city and regional archives are listed. Church archives with jurisdictions within the state are in the third section, while the fourth section lists family archives. Last, all other archives in the state for which a questionnaire was returned or a website found are listed. For each of the 2,000 archives, information is provided under the following headings: Name and Address of the Archive (including phone, fax, e-mail, and Internet), Jurisdiction of the Archive, Organization of the Archive's Records, Published Guides or Descriptions of Collections, Emigration Records, Records of Churches or Religious Communities, Civil Registration of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Civil Registration of Residents, Records of Cities, Towns, and Districts, Censuses, Military Records, and Records from Former German communities Now in Other Countries.
Keywords: Genealogy German
Price = 85.00 USD
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