Hi everyone:
Is anyone familiar with obtaining a birth record from the registry
office or from the City Archives in Leipzig? :
b) The website for the Standesamt Leipzig states quite clearly that
there are a couple of stumbling blocks: You can only access birth
records if they are more than 110 years old (which seems to be
my case; but I might be off by 10 years. It also states that only
children or grandchildren can have access. This is not my case:
The man in question, Joachim Kaufmann, who might or might
not be Jewish, was not my ancestor; but I need to find his birth
date for a humanitarian purpose. I do not need an actual birth
certificate - merely the date of birth.
c) The registry office website states that if the birth record is more
than 110 years old, then the record is held in the City Archives. But
it does not state explicitly that you have to be a direct descendant
in that case to access the record.
My main questions are:
a) Did birth records from ca 1900 survive WWII? If so ....
b) Does anyone have experience dealing with the civil registry office
or the City Archives in Leipzig?
c) Are there any other sources to obtain the same information? i.e.
has anyone created / published an online index listing births in
Leipzig around 1900?
Thanks
Heshel Teitelbaum
Ottawa
