Berlin Former Residents Registration Card Index
Residential addresses were gathered in the German Reich beginning in 1874. This data was gathered by police offices using a medium that was entirely new in its day, preprinted index cards. These...
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General Use: Everyone has the right to use archival materials. The Berlin Archives Act (Archivgesetz des Landes Berlin) forms a foundation for the use of archival materials in the Landesarchiv Berlin,...
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The basis for use of archival materials is formed by the Berlin Archives Act(Archivgesetz des Landes Berlin [ArchGB]), and the Regulations for the Use of Archival Materials in the Landesarchiv...
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As regulated in § 8 of the Berlin Archives Act (Archivgesetzes des Landes Berlin), archival materials may be subject to general or particular terms of protection, and usage may be limited as a...
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Search for a Person at the Landesarchiv
Family of the district chimney sweep around 1911, source: Landesarchiv Berlin, F-Rep. 290 Nr. 0315622 If you want to know whether someone lived in Berlin, you can consult the printed Berlin address...
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Berlin’s Registry Offices
With the introduction of registry offices (Standesämter) in 1874, Berlin gained more than 20 institutions of this kind, and dozens more were added with the incorporation of suburbs in 1920. The areas...
View ArticleStandesamt I in Berlin
In 1874 the registry office ‘Standesamt I’ in Berlin became responsible for all civil certification outside of the German Reich. It is still located in Berlin. Here, births, marriages, and deaths of...
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UNESCO „Memory of the world“
Unique film material from Berlin is on the UNESCO „memory of the world“ register. Conversation between two friends over the wall at the Harzer Straße at the sector border Neukölln/Treptow, 23....
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The WGA Database completely online now
At the end of the year 2014, the extensive project titled “WGA Database” has been finalised. Now international and national provenance research is in a position to research online for archival...
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Cooperation with the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI)
The Landesarchiv Berlin has expanded its cooperation with the Projekt European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) project as of the beginning of 2023. EHRI forms an EU-funded, transnational...
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