german birth certificates

[cakelady]

Hi everyone
Could anybody advise me on how to get hold of a german birth certificate please. I am very new to this hobby!! My relative was born in Hoerstein Bavaria in 1863. I gather i have to contact the local parish church to this area but cannot trace any. All sites i come across ref record offices are in German, which unfortunatly i dont speak.
Any advise would be much appriciated.

[Quitte]

Hello,
I am a German citizen with roots in West-Yorkshire and Westmorland. English is not my first language, sorry for any mistakes.

German civil registration started in Bavaria in 1876. The roman catholic Church in Hörstein, now Alzenau-Hörstein, belongs to the Roman Catholic Bishopric of Wuerzburg. Most of the older church books are researchable on microfilm in the archive (Lesesaal) in Würzburg. On their web page is a link to a list of available church records. Hörstein is mentioned.

http://www.kirchenserver.net/bwo/dcms/sites/bistum/information/sgv/dioezesanarchiv/Familienforschung.html

A useful web page for researching German roots (free of charge) is

www.genealogy.net

Regards

Quitte

[cakelady]

Thank you so much for your help and information. I have managed to find out some more details thanks to you.

Kind regards