Germany, Baden, Church Book Duplicates, 1804-1877
Copies of the parish church books from the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Additional records are being added as they become available. Records link to images located on the website of the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany, where the original records are located.
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Germany, Baden, Church Book Duplicates
What is in This Collection?
This collection is an index to the civil transcripts of church books from Baden-Württemberg, Germany for the years from 1804 to 1877. The records are of baptisms, marriages, and deaths. Currently the index records from over 50 localities in Baden and additional records are being added as they become available. For a complete list of localities included, see the coverage table in the Wiki article. The Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg holds the original records, which are located in the Staatsarchiv Freiburg and the Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe. More information on records available at the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg can be found at Familienforschung: Lebensdaten (Family research: vital data).
Church book duplicates were created for the use of civil authorities. German church book duplicates, like the originals, are the most reliable and accurate family history source until 1876 when civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in all of Germany. Church book duplicates may differ slightly from the originals because of transcription variations; however, these records are often more legible than the originals.
A full description can be found in the FamilySearch Catalog at Germany, Baden, Kirchenbuchduplikate, 1804-1870. There are five indexes available to this collection.
- Alphabetical place name index
- Numerical volume index, 1-1526
- Numerical volume index, 1527-3386
- Numerical volume index, 3387-4920
- Numerical volume index, 4921-6214
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
Reading These Records
These records are written in German. For help reading them see:- German Genealogical Word List
- Germany Handwriting
- Brigham Young University Script Tutorial: German
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
Birth
- Date and place of birth
- Baptismal date and place
- Name and gender of child
- Legitimacy of child
- Parents' names
- Parents' residence
- Witnesses' names or godparents
Marriage
- Name of bride and groom
- Ages of bride and groom
- Birthplaces of bride and groom
- Occupations of bride and groom
- Civil status of bride and groom
- Residence of bride and groom
- Date and place of marriage
- Parents' names
- Witness' name
Death
- Name of deceased
- Age or birthdate
- Birthplace
- Residence
- Occupation
- Civil status
- Name of spouse or father
- Date of death
- Date of burial
Collection Content
For more information about these records see Germany, Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records.
Sample Images
1847 Christening
1846 Marriage
1814 Burial
Inventory
or a list of all the films included in this Historical Records publication see Germany, Baden, Church Book Duplicates - Inventory.
Collection Details
Language
German
Location of Original Records
Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg, Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe
"Deutschland, Baden, Kirchenbuchduplikate, 1804-1877." Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 3 December 2025. Landesarchive Baden-Württemberg (Provincial Archives), Freiburg, Germany.
