Brandenburg Archives and Libraries

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Archive Addresses and Repositories
Below is a list of many important German archives and repositories. There are also a few entries of archives in localities which are now in Brandenburg (excluding the city of Berlin), but formerly belonged to Prussia and/or now in Poland. If you are not able to find your needed Archive address below, this link will take you to a very extensive list of German Archives: Archives in Germany

Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv An der Orangerie 3 D-14469 Potsdam Germany

Bundesarchiv Abteilung Potsdam Berliner Strasse 98-101 D-14467 Potsdam Germany

Domstiftsarchiv Brandenburg Burghof 2 14776 Brandenburg Tel.: 49-3381-2112215 Website: http://www.dom-brandenburg.de/data/index.php?option=com_frontpage&amp;Itemid=1 Email: [mailto:archiv@dom-brandenburg.de archiv@dom-brandenburg.de]

Staatsarchive Rathaus Potsdam Helene-Lange-Str. 14469 Potsdam Tel: (0331) 289 2038 Email: Stadtarchiv@Rathaus.Potsdam.de

Church records or duplicates may have been gathered from the local parishes into central archives, either by the churches or the state. Older records are frequently given to these archives for safekeeping. Some gaps in the church records of local parishes could be filled using these records.


 * [[Media:Localities.pdf|Pdf Archive Inventory]]: "Part 1 of 2: Church records in Archives" - is an inventory of localities and the location or archive where their records should be found. The sixth column, "Archives", gives a number. To find the name and contact information, look up that number in the second column of this .pdf:  [[Media:Archive_Add_.pdf|Part 2: Archive Addresses.]]  It is not clear how up-to-date this inventory is.

Some archives offer searches for a fee. Archives might be unable to handle genealogical requests, but they can determine whether they have specific records you need, sometimes perform very brief research, such as just one record, or they may recommend a researcher who can search the records for you. Archivists are required to speak English.

E-mail

 * You can e-mail archives and ask whether they have records for a parish. Also, you should inquire whether they provide research services and what their fees are. You can communicate with the archives in English.

Lutheran Archives
Evangelical State Church Archive in Berlin Bethaniendamm 29 10997 Berlin Germany Tel .: 030-225045-0 Email: [mailto:elab@ekbo.de elab@ekbo.de] Website Online records: Archion: Berlin, Brandenburg, Silesian Oberlausitz: Landeskirchliches Archiv in Berlin, ($)

Evangelical Central Archive in Berlin Bethaniendamm 29 10997 Berlin Germany Tel .: 030-225045-0 Tel .: 030-225045-20 Contact to the church book office: Email: [mailto:kirchenbuchstelle@ezab.de kirchenbuchstelle@ezab.de] Website Online records: Archion: Evangelical Central Archives, Berlin, for the Neumark, ($)