Germany, Prussia, Pomerania, Stralsund, Church Book Indexes, 1600-1900

What is in This Collection?

This collection includes records of alphabetically arranged cards by surname and then by given name from 1600 to 1900. Card indexes may be handwritten or type written in pre-printed cards. These records are written in German.

Images of seven card files of baptisms, marriages, deaths, and burials for Stralsund, Pomerania and the neighboring community of Voigdehagen. There are three separate files for baptisms, marriages, and deaths for Stralsund; a separate file for burials at the Klosterkirche St. Johannis, also in Stralsund; and three additional files for baptisms, marriages, and deaths for the community of Voigdehagen. The collection also includes some baptismal, marriage, and death records from the Evangelical and Catholic churches, as well as church book duplicates.

This collection indexes over 95% of the christenings, marriages, and burials that took place in Stralsund between 1600 and 1900. This card file, created by the Stadtarchiv Stralsund, was initiated in the 1930s and completed about 1980.

There are several sets of card files as follows:

These indexes were created from the church books of the various parishes in Stralsburg and Voigdehagen:

Beginning in 1875, civil registration books were also indexed and include records for a small amount of Jews residing in the area. The original books indexed by the card file are located in the Stadtarchiv Stralsund in Germany. In 1616, a resolution required all parish clergy to keep a separate book to record names and events which took place in their parish district.

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 Language and Languages
• German Genealogical Word List
• Germany Handwriting
• FamilySearch Learning Center videos:
  • German Paleography Seminar

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What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Collection Content

For more information about these records see Germany, Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records.

Sample Images

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  1857 Birth Index Card

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  1866 Marriage Index Card

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  1897 Death Index Card