Travel Question
Of late, I have found a number of church records on Archion.de of my ancestors. At this point, it appears that Archion only has the birth and baptism records filmed. I am new to church records, but I understand the church likely has marriage and death records. I have also heard that the church sometimes also has family records.
In October, my family and I will be spending time around Munich. The records that I have found are in Ibra, which is a bit of a distance to travel, nevertheless, it's not too far.
My question is whether it would make sense to extend my trip a couple of days to see if I can get more records. I don't read German, but I can pick out my ancestors' surname "Dippel" and could take pictures and work on getting them fully translated when I get back to the States.
What thoughts do you have as to whether taking a couple of extra days to visit Ibra and get more records would be worthwhile? Thanks, Mike Smiley
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Hello Mike,
If Archion has records of a parish at all they usually have all records (baptisms, marriages, funerals). They may be in separate church books (e.g., "Taufen", "Trauungen", "Beerdigungen") or combined in one church book ("Kirchenbuch"). For Ibra I see "Kirchenbuch" from 1774 to 1987 available on Archion, so I would expect that it also contains marriages and deaths/funerals. (I don't have an Archion subscription, so I can't see the records.)
A visit to Ibra will make sense only if it is well prepared. You need to make sure beforehand that there are documents available and accessible. Older churchbooks (before ~1900) are often no longer stored locally but in a central archive. Also be aware that Ibra now is part of the community of Oberaula. There is no separate parish of Ibra any more.
You may want to contact the parish office in Oberaula to ask about the availability of records. Here is a link to the contact page: https://www.ekkw.de/gemeinden.php?gemeinde=338&map=google
That said if you want to see where your ancestors lived a visit to the area is certainly a good idea. It is a beautiful part of Germany last but not least in autumn.
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I had a look at the Archion catalog. The records are grouped under Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel, which is the archive of the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck, so they could either be stored there, or at the church. So I would contact them and ask firstly whether the records you want exist, secondly if so where they are stored, and if so if you can have permission to view them in person.
This webpage may be of further assistance: https://www.archion.de/de/archive-in-archion/hessen/landeskirchliches-archiv-der-evangelischen-kirche-von-kurhessen-waldeck/
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