Does anyone know where the records for Reudten, Germany (now Rudna, Poland) place are? Are they avai
I'm looking for a marriage record between 1915-1923.
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According to Mr. Christoph's Schlesien database , the evangelical church records and civil registration records are missing, and the Catholic church records are missing and have likely been destroyed. See http://www.christoph-www.de/kbsilesia2.html
This likely happened in connection with WWII.
Sorry about this bad news.
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BTW - the link to this database is listed in the right side bar of the Germany community page as "Silesia Church book finding aid"
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Thank you for your help, Baerbel. Even despite the bad news.
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Is this possibly the same town? I looks like the Polish town name is the same. https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/255566?availability=Family History Library
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These are two different towns in different parts of Prussia. Do you know for certain where your locality should be?
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In every record the town name is listed as Raudten, Germany (we have at lest 4). There is no more context than that. Do you think I am correct in concluding that it is today Rudna, Poland?
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Where were these records created?
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I am asking because there are other phonetically similar possibilities, such as "Rauden" , which sounds the same. There are eight localities by that name. So it may be helpful to look at the context of the information you have and explore the possibility of learning more, like the state the family came from. If they are supposed to be from Silesia, then the Raudten in that state is probably the correct locality. Spellings of locality names, just like personal names, also vary from one writer to the next, by time period, or simply phonetically.
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