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Before you start:
Parish registers are not all accessible as they are not fully digitized. You may be asked to pay for access (through associations). To conduct these searches, you must know the religion of your ancestors.
Between 1871 and 1876, civil registration records became democratized throughout the country. They depend on each state (Land). Again, you may be asked to pay for access (through civil registry offices - Standesamt).
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Unfortunately, the federal archives do not hold parish registers or civil registration records. Generally, to access them, you will need to request them directly from church archives or civil registry offices.
Archivportal - Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek website
Archion - online parish registers (paid site)
Matricula - online parish registers
FamilySearch - Archives in Germany
Family books in Germany - Cercle Généalogique des 3 frontières
Local family books - CompGen
Gravestones - CompGen
Family announcements in old newspapers - CompGen
Search engine for CompGen databases of CompGen
Global search engine for Europe
Germany, a country of immigrants
Germany - Emigration and Immigration
Overview of migration over two centuries
German-Canadians (Germano-Canadians or Canadians of German descent)
Archive images from the Federal Archives
Federation of German-speaking professional genealogists
Ahnenforscher Stammtisch Unna - genealogist meetup
Adler Genealogical and Heraldic Society
Central German Genealogy Association
East German Genealogy Association
Bahn-Sozialwerk Genealogical and Heraldic Society
Old Bavaria and Swabia Genealogy Association
Bergische Genealogy Association
Berlin Genealogy and Heraldry Association
Brandenburg Genealogical Society
Ekkehard Genealogy Association
Nassau and Frankfurt Genealogy Association
Flensburg Genealogy Association
Geislingen/Steige Genealogy Association
Grafschaft Glatz Genealogy Association
Kurhessen Genealogy Association
Lahn-Dill-Kreis Genealogy Association
Magdeburg Genealogy Association
Mecklembourg Genealogy Association
Westmünsterland Genealogy Association
Neckartal-Odenwald Genealogy Association
Nordhausen Genealogy Association
Oldenburg Genealogy Association
Osnabrück Genealogy Association
Pomeranian Greif Genealogy Association
Saarlouis Genealogy Association
Lower Saxony Coat of Arms Association
Schleswig-Holstein Genealogy Association
Upper Swabia Genealogy Association
Sudetenland Genealogy Association
Thuringia Genealogy Association
Volhynia Genealogy Association
Vorarlberg Genealogy Association
West German Genealogy Association
Westphalian Society for Genealogy and Family Research
Baden-Württemberg Genealogy Association
Nordwürttemberg Genealogy Association
Historical Research Association of Germans from Russia
Austrian Genealogy and History Society
Austrian Society for Historical Family and Regional Research
Swiss Society for Family Research
Eastern Switzerland Genealogical Society
Happy researching!
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