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.

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Civil Registration in Hamburg

The State Archive in Hamburg has determined to make Civil Registration books for Hamburg proper (registration starts in 1876) and for Prussian territories (registration starts in 1874) 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).

Each entry received a registration number for a given year along with the name of the civil registration office.

Exmple: Registration number 123/1965 in the death register of "Standesamtes Hamburg-Mitte" points to the 123rd death in the year 1965 registered in the civil registration office "Standesamt Hamburg-Mitte".

The following possibilites for use of the archival records are available:

1. Research in research area (Lesesaal).

2. Online reservation of civil registers and research in research area (Leesesal).

see http://www.hamburg.de/1563426/332-5-standesaemter-start.html for archival index

3. Ordering and certifying of documents

4. Help with research

The State Archive will only be able to give written information to legal queries at the moment.

For information about registrations of births after 1899, marriages after 1919 and deaths after 1979 please direct your queries to

Bezirksamt Hamburg-Nord - Standesamtliche Registerstelle und Generalregister Eiffestraße 74 20537 Hamburg

Source:

http://www.hamburg.de/personenstandsbuecher/1595026/personenkunde-start.html

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