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Church Records as Historical Evidence for Your Family Research

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22.04.2025

The New Naming Right

The new German naming right involving some changes with respect to the right to use a name will come into effect on 1 May. It is the main objective of the legislative change to choose one‘s name more easily and flexibly. 

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20.03.2025

10 Years Church Books Online

Exactly 10 years ago, on 20 March 2015, Archion went live - with a modest stock, few partner archives, and a small but committed community of users. Today, one decade later, we are looking back at an impressive development...

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09.03.2025

Digitization of Bavarian Church Records now in its Second Half

In 2019, the Regional Church Archive in Nuremberg had already presented 8000 historic church books online on Archion, when the Protestant-Lutheran Church in Bavaria provided financial means for the digitization of its remaining inventory. Thus, it became possible to record, edit, digitize and, as far as privacy regulations allow, make available the church records of all Bavarian deanships on Archion by 2030.

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22.04.2025

Das neue Namensrecht

Zum 1. Mai 2025 tritt in Deutschland das neue Namensrecht in Kraft, das einige Änderungen für die Namensführung im Gepäck hat. Grundlegendes Ziel der Gesetzesänderung ist es, die Namenswahl flexibler und einfacher zu gestalten. Eine der neuen Regelungen erlaubt das Führen von Doppelnamen für beide Ehepartner und ermöglicht zudem eine Schreibweise ohne Bindestrich, was weitere Flexibilität bietet.

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09.03.2025

Bayerische Kirchenbuch-Digitalisierung erreicht Halbzeit

2019 hatte das Landeskirchliche Archiv in Nürnberg bereits 8000 historische Kirchenbücher in Archion online präsentiert, als die Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern Finanzmittel zur Digitalisierung ihres gesamten restlichen Bestands zur Verfügung stellte. Damit wurde es möglich, die Kirchenbücher aller bayerischen Dekanate bis 2030 zu erfassen, aufzubereiten, zu digitalisieren und, soweit es…

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