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

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Deutschland, Bavaria, Dinkelsbühl Archivgut

Record Description
This collection will include records from 1804 to 1946.

This is a collection of marriage supplements, residency records, and emigration records for Dinkelsbühl, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. Most of the records in this collection are handwritten in narrative style and, in later years, in formatted forms. The record text is in German. This collection of mixed records from the city archives includes records such as, emigration from 1836 to 1927 and vital records from 1805 to 1939.

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

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Related Websites

 * Kirchenbuchportal.de
 * Bavaria Gen Web – Emigration and Immigration

Related Wiki Articles

 * Germany
 * Germany Archives and Libraries

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