Germany Historical Records

Germany, located in Central Europe, is known for its influential history, cultural contributions, and economic power. The historical records of Germany capture a history from ancient Germanic tribes through the Holy Roman Empire, Prussian dominance, world wars, and its development into a unified, modern nation.

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Germany vital records Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 109,729,735 records available Germany, Marriages, 1558-1929 28,419,732 records available Germany, Marriages, 1558-1929 28,419,732 records available Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Deaths 1874-1938 20,749,801 records available Germany, Hesse, Deaths 8,491,891 records available Germany Deaths and Burials, 1582-1958 7,080,942 records available Germany, Hesse Marriage Index, 1849-1931 4,770,560 records available Germany, Prussia, Brandenburg and Posen, Church Book Duplicates, 1794-1874 4,464,190 records available Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia - Münster, Detmold, and Arnsberg Marriages, 1874-1899 3,963,707 records available West Prussia Church Books 3,948,912 records available Germany, Hesse Birth Index, 1874-1911 3,784,842 records available Jewish Holocaust Memorials and Jewish Residents of Germany 1939-1945 848,843 records available Germany, Prussia, Pomerania Church Records, 1544-1945 465,278 records available Germany, Baden, Church Book Duplicates, 1810-1869 341,933 records available Germany, Jewish Victims of Nazi Persecution, 1933-1945 174,563 records available Germans and Hungarians, 1828 Hungarian Land Census, Book of Cities 627 records available Germans and Hungarians, 1828 Hungarian Land Census, Szatmar County 555 records available See the entire collection catalog of vital records in Germany	Germany books and publications Sharit haPlatah, Holocaust Survivors from JewishGen 61,388 pages Deutsches Geschlechterbuch, Volume 17 1,274 pages Deutsches Geschlechterbuch, Volume 20, 1912 1,218 pages Deutsches Geschlechterbuch, Volume 22, 1912 1,180 pages Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch Der Freiherrlichen Hauser, Volume 66, Part 1, 1916 1,042 pages Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch Der Freiherrlichen Hauser, Volume 66, Part 2, 1916 1,016 pages Pennsylvania-German, Volume 12, January 1911 771 pages Deutsches Geschlechterbuch, Volume 21, Part 2, 1912 763 pages Deutsches Geschlechterbuch, Volume 32, Part 2, 1920 738 pages Deutsches Geschlechterbuch, Volume 21, Part 1, 1912 714 pages Deutsches Geschlechterbuch, Volume 10, Part 2 698 pages Deutsches Geschlechterbuch, Volume 10, Part 1 694 pages Pennsylvania-German, Volume 8, January 1907 636 pages Pennsylvania-German, Volume 9, December 1908 600 pages Penn Germania, Volume 3, September 1914 (1912) 552 pages See the entire collection catalog of books and publications in Germany
Germany military records Soviet Prisoners of World War II Held in Germany 1,654,115 records available Ordres Militaires et Melanges Historiques (Strasbourg) (1900) 868 records available See the entire collection catalog of military records in Germany	Germany newspaper records Germany Newspapers from OldNews.com™ 9,178,142 pages in 700 newspaper titles See the entire collection catalog of newspaper records in Germany
Germany directories, guides and references Germany, Telephone Directories 39,183,147 records available Geschichte Der Geographischen Namenkunde (1886) 880 records available Bibliotheca Biographica, Reichhaltige Sammlung Von Monographien Zur Geschichte Einzelner Personen U. Familien, Briefwechsel, Memoiren Etc. Aus Dem Antiquarischen Bucherlager (1888) 700 records available See the entire collection catalog of directories, guides and references in Germany	Germany schools and universities Germany, University of Rostock Alumni, 1419-1991 100,302 records available See the entire collection catalog of schools and universities records in Germany
Germany immigration and travel records New York Castle Garden Immigrants 11,465,013 records available Germans Immigrating to the United States 4,068,907 records available Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists, 1920-1939 732,373 records available Germany, Emigrants from Southwestern Germany, 1736-1963 285,158 records available Index of Jewish Displaced Person and Refugee Cards, 1943-1959 241,259 records available Germany, Hesse Emigrants 214,112 records available Emigrants from Hamburg to Australasia, 1850 - 1879 80,012 records available Germany, Rhineland Emigrants, 1814-1939 63,284 records available Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 10,935 records available Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French And Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania From 1727 To 1776 550 records available See the entire collection catalog of immigration and travel records in Germany	Germany histories, memories and biographies records Das Patriziat in Den Deutschen Stadten, Besonders Reichstadten (1856) 1,278 records available Neues Allgemeines Deutsches Adels-Lexicon, Im Vereine Mit Mehreren Historikern, Volume 9 1,278 records available Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch Der Freiherrlichen Hauser, Volume 49, Part 2 (enven year), Ungerader Jahrgang (odd number). With vol. 82 the Gerader Jahrgang is represented on t-p. as Teil A, and the Ungerarder Jahrgang as Teil B 1,245 records available Gothaischer Hofkalender 1,200 records available Pennsylvania-German Society, Volume 16, 1907 1,066 records available Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch Der Freiherrlichen Hauser, 1905, Volume 35, Part 2 948 records available Der Teutsche Adel in Der Vorzeit, Volume 2, 842 records available Acten Der Standetage Preussens Unter Der Herrschaft Des Deutschen Ordens, Volume 2 838 records available Acten Der Standetage Preussens Unter Der Herrschaft Des Deutschen Ordens, Volume 2, Part 2, 1436 - 1446 832 records available Early Germans of New Jersey 810 records available Pennsylvania-German Society, Volume 10, Part 2, 1900 808 records available Acten Der Standetage Preussens Unter Der Herrschaft Des Deutschen Ordens, Volume 5, 1458 - 1525 806 records available See the entire collection catalog of histories, memories and biographies in Germany
Germany census and voter lists 1900 Germany, Mecklenburg-Schwerin Census 1,242,047 records available German Minority Census, 1939 410,919 records available 1835 Denmark Census (Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein) 291,798 records available 1867 Germany, Mecklenburg-Schwerin Census 218,431 records available Germany, Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp Prisoners from JewishGen 29,097 records available Germany, Westfalen, Minden Citizen Lists, 1574-1902 22,505 records available See the entire collection catalog of census and voter lists in Germany

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