Wuerttemberg Family Registers

Background

Jewish vital records were first required in Baden in the 1810 – 1811 time period and were continued until the introduction of civil registry offices (Standesämter) in 1870. Similar records in Württemberg, frequently recorded in family books (Familienbücher), begin as early as the 1760s, although dates vary by town. Civil registration was introduced in Württemberg in 1876.[1], however individual communities continued recording vital events in family books through 1939/1940.

Most of the pre-civil registration vital records are held by the various branches of the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg.

For a number of towns in Baden-Württemberg family lineage books (Ortssippenbücher or Ortsfamilienbücher) have been compiled from a variety of record including church records, Jewish vital registers and local civil registry office records. Although in German, a list of town with these books can be found for both Baden and Württemberg. Even if a town had a Jewish population the Jewish records may not have been included. When the Jewish community is included it may be intermixed with all families in the town or included as a separate section within the book.

Contents of the Database

As of February 2023, this database contains 19,588 Birth Records.

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