Germany, Prussia, Brandenburg, Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Miscellaneous Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Title in the Language of the Record
Deutschland, Preußen, Brandenburg, Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Ausgewählte Sammlungen.

Record Description
This collection contains miscellaneous records for various cities in the Landkreis of Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg, Prussia. Records include alien registrations, birth registers, citizen rolls, city directories, census records, military records, and population registrations. Original records are located in the Kreisarchiv Ostprignitz-Ruppin. Images are in German.

Record Content
The records found in this collection may include the following information:


 * Name
 * Birthdate
 * Deathdate
 * Names of father and mother
 * Location

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For Help Reading These Records
These records are in German. For help reading the records, see the following wiki articles:


 * German Word List
 * German Language and Languages

Related Websites

 * German Genealogy Records
 * Online German Genealogy Records &amp; Databases
 * Germany Research Outline

Related Wiki Articles

 * Germany
 * Germany Genealogy

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“Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 28 February, 2012), La Plata &gt; San Ponciano &gt; Matrimonios 1884-1886 &gt; 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.