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  • German Marriage Record from 1940

    Based on German privacy laws, marriage records are not made available publicly until 80 years after the date of the marriage. Would it be acceptable to post an image of a privately-held German marriage record from 1940 in the Germany Research community and ask for a translation? Thank you.

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    I am trying to locate information about the 1920 and 1930 censuses for this place. My family believes that my grand uncle Charles H "Carl" Link was there since he was there in the 1940 and 1950 censuses and died there before 1952. Any help is greatly appreciated to see if I can locate him in the census records.

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    O que sei:* Seu filho Eleutério de Oliveira nasceu em Blumenau/SC por volta de 1915/1916 e faleceu em Bauru/SP em 09/09/1944 aos 28 anos. A mãe de Eleutério era Maria Mendes de Oliveira. Marcelino teria nascido por volta de 1880 (possivelmente em Blumenau ou região do Vale do Itajaí). O que preciso: Identificar o registro…

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