familienbuch

A Familienbuch (, "Family-book") was a

family register Civil registration is the system by which a government records the vital events (births, marriages, and deaths) of its citizens and residents. The resulting repository or database has different names in different countries and even in differe ...

, a genealogical summary that was issued in Germany by the local

civil registry Civil registration is the system by which a government records the vital events ( births, marriages, and deaths) of its citizens and residents. The resulting repository or database has different names in different countries and even in diffe ...

upon

marriage Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...

and contained data on

birth Birth is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring, also referred to in technical contexts as parturition. In mammals, the process is initiated by hormones which cause the muscular walls of the uterus to contract, expelling the f ...

, marriage and

death Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. Death eventually and inevitably occurs in all organisms. The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose sh ...

of the couple as well as the birth data of any children stemming for this marriage. It was introduced from July 1, 1938, same kind like books for birth and death. However, the Familienbuch dates to much earlier. At least to 1920 in Breslau, Germany, for example. From January 1, 1958, it was modified: Marriage entry was done by the local

, but the "book" itself which was a paper then was moved to the local

when the family did a removal. Since January 1, 2009, ''Familienbücher'' have no longer been issued. Family registers Marriage in Germany Identity documents of Germany {{germany-stub