German Marriage Records 1800s

Includes some german baptism marriage and death indexes and other items.

German marriage records 1800s. Many of the records of my german mother in law s family. To view some of the images you must be at an lds family history center or a familysearch affiliated library. This collection contains 3 507 357 records. Only a few localities are included and the time period varies by locality.

In addition in the 18th and 19th centuries marriage laws were passed to limit population growth in the lower classes. Germany austria directories of military and marine officers 1600 1918 in german 5 904 223. Due to privacy laws recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records.

A few records may be earlier or later. Birth records marriage records death records census records family history etc. Familysearch also has some digitized microfilm of german genealogy records. German ancestry family history and genealogy.

Index to selected germany deaths and burials. Only a few localities are included and the time period varies by locality. German genealogy marriage customs laws and records. Index to selected germany marriages.

The first surviving protestant records date back to 1524 but lutheran churches in general began requiring baptism marriage and burial records in 1540. A genealogist s translation guide to polish german latin and russian documents. To find links to collections for lower jurisdictions such as a county town or parish go to locating online databases. I decided to test drive it using a marriage record from the bischöfliches zentralarchiv regensburg that.

Catholics began doing so in 1563 and by 1650 most reformed parishes began. Due to privacy laws recent records may not be displayed. Germany military killed in action 1939 1948 in german 2 488 380. Available resources include german birth death and marriage records as well as census immigration military and other genealogy records.

The many formerly independent kingdoms duchies and other small and large entities that made up the german empire led to variations and customs relating to marriage. General familysearch genealogy records germany requires free registration. Germany online genealogy records this chart shows links to countrywide collections. Germany concentration camp records 1946 1958 in german free.

In my last post i wrote about my excitement over my brand new copy of hoffman and shea s recently published german genealogical translation guide in their words. While many german records are not available online these german genealogy databases are a good place to begin researching your german family tree. A few records may be earlier or later.