The Human Element

By Rachel Silverman Congratulations! You’ve successfully amassed a bunch of documents and information about your ancestor. Now the real fun begins: Analysis. Looking closely at the evidence you’ve collected, you’ll most likely see conflicting reports for birth, marriage, immigration, or maybe even death dates. This week, Jayne explained how to handle this conflicting information [link…

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The Standesamt I. at Berlin and the Civil Records of the Former Eastern Territories of Germany

By Kathrin Kweseleit When I last wrote about civil records I mentioned that there are always second copies of the registry office tradition in Germany. That is true for the entire registry offices in today’s Germany but also for the ones of the former eastern territories of Germany. That means we do not only have…

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