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

Title in the Language of the Record
Deutschland, Bayern, Straubing, ausgewählte Bestände des Stadtarchivs

Record Description
This collection consists of miscellaneous city records from the city of Straubing from 1765-1917. Records include burgher rolls (citizens lists) of various types and an alphabetical card file of population registration. These records are in German.

For a list of records by document type and dates currently published in this collection, select the Browse link from the collection landing page.

Record Content
These records usually contain the following information:


 * 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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Search the collection by image comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine which one is your ancestor. You may need to compare the information about more than one person to make this determination.

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 * Use the birth or baptism date and place to find the family in other civil records or church records.
 * The parents' places of origin can tell you former residences and can help to establish a migration pattern for the family.
 * 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.

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

 * Germanic Genealogy Society
 * Bavaria Gen Web

Related Wiki Articles
Germany Genealogy

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