Germany, Bavaria, Dinkelsbühl Miscellaneous City Records, 1804-1946

What is in This Collection?

This collection includes marriage supplements, residency records, and emigration records for Dinkelsbühl, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, from 1804 to 1946. 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.

These records were created by civil authorities to keep a record of the citizens and their events in life and for the benefits of its citizens. Most of the records listed in this collection are reliable to a point, depending on the knowledge of the person giving the information and the person that received it and wrote it. The most used records for genealogical research are the civil registration records after 1876 and the church records. However, if those are not available, the emigration records are also reliable and great records to search for data that will help find other family members and other records.

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

To Browse This Collection

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Germany, Bavaria, Dinkelsbühl Miscellaneous City Records, 1804-1946.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

• 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

Collection Content

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  1870 City Record