Schleswig-Holstein, German Empire Civil Registration

Below is a list of all civil registration offices in Schleswig-Holstein according to counties with references to offices handling vital records before Civil Registration starts in Schleswig-Holstein in 1874.

[http://www.genealogienetz.de/vereine/SHFam//StA-SH.pdf http://www.genealogienetz.de/vereine/SHFam//StA-SH.pdf ]

Civil Registration in Hamburg

The State Archive in Hamburg has determined to make Civil Registration books for Hamburg proper and for Prussian territories, i.e., Altona available according to justified interest. The books cover the time frame 1874 to 1898 (births), 1874 to 1928 (marriages) and from 1874 to 1978 (deaths) for the city of Hamburg, and births from 1874 to 1898, marriages from 1874 to 1928 and deaths from 1874 to 1936 for former Prussian areas.