10 Years Church Books Online
Exactly 10 years ago, on 20 March 2015, Archion went live - with a modest stock, few partner archives, and a small but committed community of users. Today, one decade later, we are looking back at an impressive development...
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175,000 Church Books Online
Archion celebrates 175,000 church books available online and thus a further milestone in almost a decade of daily church book imports. This wealth of documents offers our customers virtually endless opportunities to trace their heritage and immerse themselves into the history of their families.
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Event Tip: 74. Deutscher Genealogentag
Mark the period from 25 to 27 October 2024 in your calendar, when the next Genealogy Day will take place in Berlin.
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Bookmarks: A Useful Function on ARCHION
There are no less than three new functions to manage and organize the bookmarks!
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Event Tip: Genealogica 2024
Once more, the Genealogica 2024 offers an online platform to join in where family researchers, genealogical associations, public and private institutions, all kinds of genealogical service providers and suppliers related to genealogy and history can virtually come together - this time for no less than 17 days.
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March 2025
Veranstaltungstipp: 11. Westfälischer Genealogentag
Unter dem Motto "Westfalen in seiner Vielfalt - Menschen, Geschichten und Regionen" findet die Informationsmesse am Samstag, den 29. März 2025 in Altenberge statt.
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Digitization of Bavarian Church Records now in its Second Half
In 2019, the Regional Church Archive in Nuremberg had already presented 8000 historic church books online on Archion, when the Protestant-Lutheran Church in Bavaria provided financial means for the digitization of its remaining inventory. Thus, it became possible to record, edit, digitize and, as far as privacy regulations allow, make available the church records of all Bavarian deanships on…
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January 2025
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Upcoming Event: Genealogica 2025
From 7 to 23 February, this online event offers a multitude of exciting lectures, workshops and presentations on topics such as genealogy, DNA research, digital tools and historic sources.
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500 Years of the Anabaptist Movement
1525 was a remarkable year! The Reformation, triggered by Luther’s posting of theses in Wittenberg, had already fallen on fertile soil, and his statement that a Christian was “subject to none”, inspired uprisings that led to the German Peasants’ War in 1525. While Luther dissociated himself from the activities of the peasants at an early stage, reformers such as Thomas Müntzer actively sided with…
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May 2024
Feedback Function
You have noticed an error while browsing a church record? This is great! Report errors via the feedback form integrated in the viewer. The function is as easy as can be.
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Event Tip: Famillement in Deventer, Netherlands
The Famillement takes place on June 15, 2024, from 10 AM to 5 PM and is the largest event dedicated to family history in the Netherlands. This year, the focus is on the exciting theme "New Family."
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February 2024
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Event Tip: Archive Day 2024
Every two years, the nationwide “Archive Day” draws public attention to the numerous social functions of archives.
On these days, hundreds of archives of any kind open their doors for citizens, presenting themselves as modern service providers with exciting programs.
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January 2024
The Genealogical Card Index of the Former „Sippenamt” of the Jerichow II District
An extensive collection of over 100,000 digitized index cards from the former district „Kreis Jerichow II“ is now available online.
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December 2023
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Gift vouchers - available even without customer account
You would like to buy a gift voucher for Archion without creating a customer account? This is now possible!
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October 2023
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New Design, Proven Tradition - Discover Archion in New Splendor
Welcome to a new era of family research with Archion! We have revised our platform for you with great commitment and attention to detail. Here is a quick overview of our new features and what you already appreciate and love...
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September 2023
Event Tip: German Genealogy Day
Mark the period from 27 to 29 October 2023 in your calendar, when the next Genealogy Day will take place in Kleve.
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August 2023
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10 Years of "Kirchenbuchportal"
Exactly ten years ago, a pioneering experiment began that has become a success on many levels: the founding of the “Kirchenbuchportal”. With the joint vision to make church records available in digital form to all people interested, 12 Protestant churches initiated the Kirchenbuchportal GmbH in 2013. Today, 10 years later, we can proudly look back at the tremendous development and the numerous…
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Accelerated Research through UGC
Archion now provides the community with a powerful way to advance their research: User-Generated Content (UGC). This tool allows to upload valuable additional information such as tables of contents, translations, transcriptions of entries or alphabetic name lists of the church record entries related to specific church records.
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