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Contents 1 General Information Bavaria 2 Archives in Bavaria 2.1 Ecclesiastical Archives in Bavaria 2.1.1 Evangelical Lutheran 2.1.2 Roman Catholic 3 General Information Franconia 4 Archives in Franconia 4.1 State Archives in Franconia 4.2 Municipality Archives in Franconia 4.3 Ecclesiastical Archives for Franconia 4.4 Brenner Archive (Middle Franconia) 5 Archives in Germany 6 Miscellaneous

[edit] General Information Bavaria

• Bavaria

[edit] Archives in Bavaria

• All State Archives in Bavaria - list
• All State Archives in Bavaria - map
• Bayerische Staatsarchive Generelle Information in German
• Bavarian State Archives Short general information in English
• Municipality Archives in Bavaria Map of Bavaria, in German
• Archive in Bayern - Liste List of State, City and County archives, provided by A. Hanacek webpage
• Archive in der ARGE ALP - map Archives within ARGE ALP, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Alpenländer
  

• Anleitung zur Familienforschung in Bayern Artikel von Joachim Wild, 2001, in German
• Instructions for family research in Bavaria English translation of Joachim Wilds' article

[edit] Ecclesiastical Archives in Bavaria

[edit] Evangelical Lutheran

• Many evangelical church records are still kept in the parishes, please check the holdings of the Church Archives first in order to direct your enquiry.

• Landeskirchliches Archiv, Kirchenbucharchiv Regensburg Holdings of Ev.-Luth. church book archive Regensburg
• Landeskirchliches Archiv, Kirchenbucharchiv Nürnberg Holding list, ONLY parishes of city Nürnberg

[edit] Roman Catholic

• Introductory Remarks:

In Bavaria, most, but not all all of the original catholic church records are kept in the respective Diocesan Archives. You can read them on microfiche in the Diocese Archive, with two exceptions: In Augsburg, they are on microfilm instead of microfiche, in Passau, there was a digitalization program instead, which is not yet completed, and you will have to read the original records instead. For the actual state of the digitalization program see: Bistum_Passau/Historische_Datenbank

Only few parishes have ordered copies of the microfiche of their records, so in these few cases, they can be alternatively read in the parish as well. Therefore, most parishes won't be able to answer genealogical enquiries.

Please note: The Family History Libraries (FHL) of the Church of the Latter Days' Saints (LDS, Mormons) keep only records of the bishopric Augsburg, not of the other six Bavarian bishoprics. These can be researched in Bavaria only.

• Bistum Augsburg
  • Archiv des Bistums Augsburg, in German
  • Genereller Bestand des Archivs des Bistum Augsburg, general holding list of the archive of bishopric Augsburg
  • Karte Bistum Augsburg, Map of bishopric Augsburg
  • Additional information: The holdings are microfilmed by the LDS, see FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY CATALOG
• Bistum Bamberg
  • Erzbistum Bamberg, map
  • Diözesanarchiv Bamberg and their holdings
• Bistum Eichstätt
  • Bistum Eichstätt, map
  • Diözesanarchiv Eichstätt and their their complete holdings and their Franconian specific holdings
• Bistum München-Freising
  • Erzbistum München-Freising Archbishopric of München-Freising
  • Karte des Erzbistums Archbishopric of München-Freising, map
  • Archiv des Erzbistums München und Freising Church books in Archive of Archbishopric Munich-Freising
  • Archiv des Erzbistums München und Freising Holding list, provided at Riepl webpage
• Bistum Passau
  • Archiv des Bistums Passau Archive of bishopric Passau
  • Archiv des Bistums Passau Archive of bishopric Passau
  • Bestände des Archivs des Bistum Passau Holding list provided by R. Riepl webpage
  • The alphabetical indices of the wedding records are digitalized for the Diocese of Passau (not all wedding records have indices though!), so the staff of Passau Diocesan Archives is able to find wedding records even if the parish is not exactly known. This service is subject to a fee. See for the present situation Historical Database of the Bishopric of Passau
• Bistum Regensburg
  • Bischöfliches Zentralarchiv Regensburg, in German
  • Bischöfliches Zentralarchiv Regensburg, short info in English
  • Karte, Zuständigkeit des Bischöfliches Zentralarchiv Regensburg, Map which area the archive of bishopric Regensburg covers
• Bistum Würzburg
  • Diözesanarchiv Würzburg - List of available parish records in English
  • Diözesanarchiv Würzburg - Matrikelbestände in German
    

[edit] General Information Franconia

• Franken (Franconia)

[edit] Archives in Franconia

Fränkischer Rechen

[edit] State Archives in Franconia

• Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia)
  • Staatsarchiv Nürnberg, Archivstraße 17, D - 90408 Nürnberg, Germany
    The archive and its holdings in German

• Oberfranken (Upper Franconia)
  • Staatsarchiv Bamberg, Hainstraße 39, D - 96047 Bamberg, Germany
    The archive and its holdings in German
  • Staatsarchiv Coburg, only for the County of Coburg
    Herrngasse 11,D - 96450 Coburg, Germany
    The archive and its holdings in German

• Unterfranken (Lower Franconia)
  • Staatsarchiv Würzburg, Residenz-Nordflügel, D - 97070 Würzburg, Germany
    The archive and its holdings in German

[edit] Municipality Archives in Franconia

The Internet portal Archives in Bavaria contains information about municipally-owned archives. In the respective archive lists for Franconia are included: city archives (Stadtarchive), market archives (Marktarchive), municipality archives (Gemeindearchive), private family and Nobility archives (private Familien- und Adelsarchive), media archives (Medienarchive), archives of companies, universities and other institutes.
Links lead to more details about the respective archive holdings, addresses, user information etc.
Clicking on one of the below links opens up the respective list of archives in a new window.
THERE, mark the archive you want to know more about and click on: Archivdetails anzeigen   (show more details)
On the RESULT PAGE, click on:   Detailinformationen: abrufen   (show more details), to see the holding list (Bestände)

• [http://datenmatrix.de/cgi-local/archive-in-bayern/karte.cgi?REGBEZ=Mittelfranken&ORDERBY=ORT&templ=vorlage_content_aib_karte_04_mittelfranken

Municipality Archive in Middle Franconia]

• [http://datenmatrix.de/cgi-local/archive-in-bayern/karte.cgi?REGBEZ=Oberfranken&ORDERBY=ORT&templ=vorlage_content_aib_karte_03_oberfranken

Municipality Archive in Upper Franconia]

• [http://datenmatrix.de/cgi-local/archive-in-bayern/karte.cgi?REGBEZ=Unterfranken&ORDERBY=ORT&templ=vorlage_content_aib_karte_02_unterfranken

Municipality Archive in Lower Franconia]

[edit] Ecclesiastical Archives for Franconia

• Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia), Archives, Church Book Archives
• Oberfranken (Upper Franconia), Archives, Church Book Archives
• Unterfranken (Lower Franconia), Archives, Church Book Archives
• Franconia - Central Ecclesiastical Archives Holding lists of the Protestants and Catholics archives responsible for Franconia, (provided by GFF e.V. webpage)

[edit] Brenner Archive (Middle Franconia)

The so-called Brenner Archive is especially of interest for family research in some parts of Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia) . It is an alphabetical collection of family group sheets compiled from parish records of 88 parishes in Middle Franconia. The original archive is stored in the Stadtarchiv Ansbach (town archive City of Ansbach) and consists of 1,600 bindesr with family group sheets reaching from the 16th to the 20th century. The family group sheets are sorted by surname and marriage date.

• List of parishes that are included in the Brenner Archive provided by GFF e.V. webpage

Microfilms of the data collection can be ordered via the FHL (Family History Library) of the LDS (Church of Latter Day Saints). There exists 764 microfilms, the FHL INTL film numbers start with: # 541801. Additional films with other material from the Brenner Archive are also available. Details about the films, see:

• http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp

Click on:	Title Search
In the search box enter:	Brenner Archive (or alternative Brenner collection)
On result page click on:	Brenner collection of genealogical records of Mittelfranken, Bayern, Germany. Main archive
On result page click on:	View Film Notes (opens list with film numbers)

[edit] Archives in Germany

• Deutsche Archive im Internet German archives in the Internet
  Overview of the Deutsche Archivschule Marburg (German School of Archiving, Marburg), with links to the categories:
  • Regional archive portals and: State Archives (Staatliche Archive) - Municipality archives (Kommunalarchive) - Ecclesiastical archives (Kirchliche Archive) - Literature archives (Literaturarchive) - Economical archives (Wirtschaftsarchive) - Archives of Parlaments, political parties and associations (Parlamentsarchive, Archive politischer Parteien und Verbände) - Archives of universities and other institutes (Universitätsarchive, Archive sonstiger Institutionen) - media archives (Medienarchive).
    

• Archives in Germany provided by A. Hanacek webpage
• Archives in Germany, State and Municipality archives provided by RIJO webpage
  402 addresses, list sorted by ZIP code (PLZ) and list sorted alphabetical by place names

[edit] Miscellaneous

• German Word Translations for Civil Archive Research provided by Bavaria GenWeb homepage

Administrative Districts in the Federal State Bavaria

Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia) | Niederbayern (Lower Bavaria) | Oberbayern (Upper Bavaria) | Oberfranken (Upper Franconia) | Oberpfalz (Upper Palatinate) | Schwaben (Swabia) | Unterfranken (Lower Franconia) |