Germany, Bavaria, Deggendorf, Miscellaneous City Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Title in the Language of the Records
Deutschland, Bavaria, Deggendorf Archivgut

Record Description
This is a collection of mixed records from the city of Deggendorf. Most of the records are handwritten in narrative style and, in later years, in formatted forms. The record text is in German. Includes a card file of marriages extracted from the Catholic Church records of Deggendorf, a card file of residency and marriage applications, a card file of city council records and tax records, a card file of local nobility, and a few land records.

This collection may include records such as:


 * Wills and estates
 * Land and tenancy records
 * Court records
 * Tax records
 * Funeral sermons and sexton records
 * Voting registers
 * Council meeting protocols
 * Hospital books

Record Content
The key genealogical facts found on these records may include:


 * Names of parents, children, witnesses
 * Dates and places of events, ages
 * Residence and religion of principals
 * Occupation of principal person and maybe of other people listed depending on the record
 * Legitimacy

How to Use the Record
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Some records have indexes at the end of the volume. Frequently, these indexes are arranged by the given name of the individual and sometimes use the Latin form of the name. Those volumes without indexes need to be searched chronologically for the individuals sought.

When you have located your ancestor’s record, carefully evaluate each piece of information about other people listed in the record. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors.

For example:


 * Use the birth or baptism date and place to find the family in census records.
 * Use the residence and names of the parents to locate civil and land records.
 * The father’s occupation can lead you to employment records, military records, or other types of records.
 * The parents' places of origin can tell you former residences and can help to establish a migration pattern for the family.
 * Marriage date and place may help find a couple's children.
 * Burial place may also help you find a couple's migration pattern.

It is often helpful to extract the information on all children with the same parents. If the surname is unusual, you may want to compile baptism entries for every person of the same surname and sort them into families based on the names of the parents. Continue to search the baptism records to identify siblings, parents, and other relatives in the same or other generations who were born, married, and died in or near to the same place.

Related Websites
Kirchenbuchportal

Related Wiki Articles

 * Germany Archives and Libraries
 * Germany Church Records
 * Germany locating civil registration records not at the Family History Library

Citation for This Collection
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Germany. Various entities. Miscellaneous records, 1600-1900. Stadtarchiv Deggendorf, Bavaria, Germany.

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“Delaware Marriage Records,” database and digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/: accessed 4 March 2011), William Anderson and Elizabeth Baynard Henry, 1890; citing Delaware, State Marriage Records, no. 859, Delaware Bureau of Archives and Records Management, Dover. Example for a Browsed Collection:

“Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981,” digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/: accessed 28 February, 2012), La Plata > San Ponciano > Matrimonios 1884-1886 >  image 71 of 389 images, Artemio Avendano and Clemtina Peralta, 1884; citing Parroquia de San Ponciano en la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Matrimonios. San Ponciano, La Plata. When the citation has been replaced with a citation specific to the collection being described, the heading should be changed to one of the following:


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