Germany, Bavaria, Middle Franconia, Brenner Collection of Genealogical Records, 1550-1900

What is in This Collection?

The collection consists of an alphabetical collection of family group sheets compiled from parish records and other sources in the district of Ansbach, Mittelfranken, Bavaria. It includes 97 parishes in the area for the period of about 1550-1945. The majority of the records are 1750-1900. The sheets were compiled by Tobias Brenner and others between about 1918 and 1945. The records are written in pencil on pre-printed forms in Gothic German handwriting. Many abbreviations were used for given names; there is a key to these abbreviations.

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 these records see:

• German Genealogical Word List
• Germany Handwriting
• Brigham Young University Script Tutorial : The German Documents

What Can These Records Tell Me?

These records may contain the following information:

• Names of family members
• Birth dates and places
• Marriage dates and places
• Death dates and places

Collection Content

Sample Images

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  1767 Family record (Side 1)

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  1749-1772 Family record (Side 2)