Saxony Archives and Libraries

Germany Saxony (Sachsen) Genealogy  Archives and Libraries

State archives
Duplicate records from some parishes are in the state archives. Many of these records have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library. However, for records that are not microfilmed, you can sometimes write to the state archives to request searches of the duplicates. For more information, see Germany Archives and Libraries. HAUPTSTAATSARCHIV DRESDEN Archivstrasse 14 01097 Dresden Germany Postal address: Postfach 100 444 01074 Dresden Germany Phone: (+49) (0) 351-89 219 711 (Lesesaal); -89 219 710 (central dial-up) Telefax: (+49) (0) 351-89 219 709
 * Referral list for researchers.

Central Church Archives
In a few parts of Germany, church records or duplicates have been gathered from the local parishes into central archives. Some gaps in the church records of local parishes could be filled using these records. Church archives are often unable to handle genealogical requests, but they can determine whether they have specific records you need, or they may recommend a researcher who can search the records for you. Catholic: Diocesan Archives of the Diocese of Dresden-Meissen Bishops' Ordinariat Käthe-Kollwitz-Ufer 84 01309 Dresden Germany Phone: 03591 - 35195 0 Fax:	03591 - 35195 22 E-mail: Archiv@ordinariat-bautzen.de Protestant: Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Sachsens Landeskirchenarchiv Lukasstrasse 6 01069 Dresden Germany Phone: 0351 4692-353 Fax: 0351 4692-109 E-Mail: Landeskirchenarchiv.Dresden@evlks.de Website:http://www.evlks.de/landeskirche/landeskirchenamt/101.html

Here is a link to an article by Volkmar Weiss re. family history research in Saxon archives: http://www.v-weiss.de/interesse.html The author also created a list of records with genealogical content, their time frames and repositories most useful to the family researcher looking for such in Saxony. See http://www.v-weiss.de/sachsen-archive.html Clicking on "Sachregister der personengeschichtlichen Quellen" will list record types and also show for which town/village they are available. For availability of such records check also www.familysearch.org FamilySearch Catalog. There is a general article about Archives and Libraries in FamilySearch Wiki, Portal Germany, Archives and Libraries which will explain the use of them in a condensed fashion.

This is a link to the oldest library collection in Saxony: http://rsb.zwickau.de/

The four state archives of Sachsen, Dresden, Leipzig, Freiberg and Chemnitz have their archival holdings online, see http://www.archiv.sachsen.de/5429.htm There is also a provisional archive for Bautzen.

For addresses of local archives see: http://www.archivschule.de/content/29.html

Death Records in the City Archive of Leipzig

Since 1595 the death records of the city of Leipzig were not recorded as usual by the Church but were written down by the city council's office. This office issued burial certificates which the gravedigger needed. After the burial the certificate was returned and collected in the so called Leichenbuch. Since 1846 the burial certificates have been arranged alphabetically.

The books are located at the City Archive in Leipzig with the following archival registration numbers:

1.2.1.4 Leichenschreiberei

1.2.1.4.1 business records

1.2.1.4.1.1 city council death record books 1595-1875

1.2.1.4.1.2 burial certificates 1846-1875

1.2.1.4.1.3 burial books of gravediggers 1690-1879

1.2.1.4.1.4 books of the graves at the Johannis cemetery 1680-1875

1.2.1.4.1.5 various registers and indexes

Source: http://www.leipzig.de/imperia/md/content/10-9_stadtarchiv/bestandsuebersicht_2009.pdf

To contact the City Archive of Leipzig, see

E-Mail: stadtarchiv@leipzig.de

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