Copies of individual entries from microfiche or microfilm registers can be made by the user himself at the available reader-printer. Indexes of towns and cities of the former eastern provinces of Prussia, Indexes of pastors of the former Prussian church provinces and Important genealogical reference material. Working with Church registers demands a degree of knowledge of the old scripts. Only very limited assistance in reading can be given. In order to be able to work with this Index, the user must know the parish their congregation belonged to.
Parish registers are archival material which relates to people.
It is therefore subject to the time limitations contained in personal data protection laws. Such personal written material can be viewed by third parties only 10 years after the death of the individual in question. If the death cannot be firmly established or can be firmly established only by unreasonable effort, the material can be used only 90 years after the birth of the individual in question. Since marriage records always include persons with differing ages an average cut-off time has to be established. For marriage records, we assume an average marriage age of 20 years.