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Offline nudge67

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pre-unification German BDM certificates?
« on: Thursday 04 July 24 09:34 BST (UK) »
I know it's a long shot, but does anyone know if historic BDM certificates are available from the Kingdom of Hanover? I have ancestors from there who migrated to South Australia in the mid 19th century.

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NSW Convict 1836: Peter WIFFIN (alias VIVIAN)
VDL Convict 1841: Richard REES
SA Pioneers (<1847): Hornsby, Wallis, Willoughby, Floate, Mills, Chesson, Degenhardt.
SA Old Colonists (<1857): Messenger, Tyler, McFeat, Ladner, Edwards, Cassidy, Rhodes, Shaw, Waye, Sibly.
SA Colonists (<1901): Jones, Pike, Bowyer, Davey.

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Re: pre-unification German BDM certificates?
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 04 July 24 13:02 BST (UK) »

If you are looking for a place like Clausthal, maybe an Archion subsciption might do the trick:
https://www.archion.de

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Re: pre-unification German BDM certificates?
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 04 July 24 13:11 BST (UK) »
The FamilySearch wiki has the following information on BMD records: https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Hanover_(Hannover)_Online_Genealogy_Records

I assume that you are aware that it was only the Kingdom of Hannover between 1814 and 1866. Prior to that it was an Electorate.

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Re: pre-unification German BDM certificates?
« Reply #3 on: Friday 05 July 24 10:18 BST (UK) »
Where did they come from

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Re: pre-unification German BDM certificates?
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 07 July 24 13:45 BST (UK) »
They came from Clausthal.

So it looks like, apart from a few years under Napoleonic occupation, civil registration did not begin until after their migration.

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NSW Convict 1836: Peter WIFFIN (alias VIVIAN)
VDL Convict 1841: Richard REES
SA Pioneers (<1847): Hornsby, Wallis, Willoughby, Floate, Mills, Chesson, Degenhardt.
SA Old Colonists (<1857): Messenger, Tyler, McFeat, Ladner, Edwards, Cassidy, Rhodes, Shaw, Waye, Sibly.
SA Colonists (<1901): Jones, Pike, Bowyer, Davey.

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Re: pre-unification German BDM certificates?
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 07 July 24 13:51 BST (UK) »
Names would help
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