Hello, I am trying to find the original birth certificate/baptize certificate from August Heinrich Bruhn Hartkopf. He was born on January 29th 1851 and baptize August 3rd 1851. I know he was baptize in the St Trinitatis church in Altona. I cannot completely understand the website archion so I can't find it. Can someone help me please?
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vnagel2004
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Good evening and welcome to the Archion user‘s forum.
Please allow an initial question: to which German place, named Altona, do you refer?
Is it Altona near Hamburg?
Other than that one cannot automatically search for names on Archion. There is no search index on names available.
Instead available church registers need to be researched manually.
And in order to get access to the church registers a paid subscription is required.
I wonder if born in January 1851 and baptized in August 1851 is realistic, since such a huge time gap between birth and baptism would be more than unlikely in 1851.
Kind regards
Please allow an initial question: to which German place, named Altona, do you refer?
Is it Altona near Hamburg?
Other than that one cannot automatically search for names on Archion. There is no search index on names available.
Instead available church registers need to be researched manually.
And in order to get access to the church registers a paid subscription is required.
I wonder if born in January 1851 and baptized in August 1851 is realistic, since such a huge time gap between birth and baptism would be more than unlikely in 1851.
Kind regards
vnagel2004
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that's what I don't know. All I know is that he was baptize in the main Lutheran church of Altona at that time.
vnagel2004
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I found him. https://www.archion.de/p/fba7cd8312/
But how can I get the certificate?
But how can I get the certificate?
vnagel2004
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Subscription & Passes
Yes I already have a pass. But is this page enough to prove that my ancestor was german? Is there a real certificate that I can get somewhere?
vnagel2004
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Only in the really special case that this request may be part of a process in order to regain / reestablish German citizenship, a certified copy would be required.
In order to receive such copy the archive holding these church registers needs to be contacted.
For this record/church register it is this one:
In order to receive such copy the archive holding these church registers needs to be contacted.
For this record/church register it is this one:
vnagel2004
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….in all other cases according to my expertise
-a copy of this entire church book page
-plus a copy of this church book‘s cover / title page
-plus a detailed citation should be sufficient
Regarding the citation please refer to
www.archion.de
> How do I quote from Archion?
A true and certified transcription of the record would also be required.
(Sometimes authorities also request a certified translation of the record.)
Hope that helps.
-a copy of this entire church book page
-plus a copy of this church book‘s cover / title page
-plus a detailed citation should be sufficient
Regarding the citation please refer to
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> How do I quote from Archion?
A true and certified transcription of the record would also be required.
(Sometimes authorities also request a certified translation of the record.)
Hope that helps.
thank you very much for your help!
vnagel2004
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You‘re welcome.