Finding Church Registers with Matricula – An Interview with Katherine Schober

By Lisa Cooke and Family Tree Editors
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In this episode of Best Websites, Katherine Schober highlights how Matricula Online can help you locate church registers.

Best Genealogy Websites: Matricula Online

Matricula Online is a specialized digital archive where you can find church registers (mostly books of birth, marriage and death) from various European countries (currently Austria, Germany, Poland, Serbia and Slovenia).

German genealogy expert and translator Katherine Schober of Germanology Unlocked joins Lisa Louise Cooke on the podcast to explore this valuable and free website.

Visit Matricula Online at https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/  

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