| Institut Deutsche
Adelsforschung |
Gegründet 1993 - Online seit 1998 |
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English summary
Welcome to the Institut for German Aristocratic Research!
We are a registered, professional organization that spezializes in the
area of genealogy, sociology, heraldy, history and related fields of the
German lower aristocracy. In the index
you will find a table of all contents for this homepage.
Our research covers all topics allied with these themes, including composing
individual biographies, creating family chronicles spanning the Middle
Ages to the present and compiling designated bibliographies. In addition,
we have an extensive library and several databases, which allow efficient
access to the archival records as well as various literature on the German
aristocracy.
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Our task is to obtain a list of sources and references. We travel regularly
to archives to construct a catalog of different, up till now, untapped
files and old books. Our goal is to record as many files as possible, with
call numbers, and to make them available to the interested public.
Our task is not to prepare photocopies or transcriptions. This becomes
self evident when you see that we refer to handwritten files that are only
available in one archive. These original documents are not in our possession
and it would be impossible for us to copy everything in order for us to
have it here at our disposal.
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When you place an inquiry please use the formula.
Then we will give you the exact location of the source, also an E-mail
address of the German library or archive where you can then request a copy
of the original document. We are only the intermediary but we will show
you exactly where you can find the information.
Please note that at our website is strictly in German. It would therefore
be in your best interest if you had someone that had knowledge of the German
language, because the sources to which we refer are all written in German.
For that reason it only makes sense to inquire here if you can read and
understand the literature and the archive material that we refer to. Due
to time constraints we are unable to undertake translations.
Finally please note: You can mail us in English, the answer you will
receive in German only. But you can translate our eMails and our homepage
with
http://www.google.com or with
http://world.altavista.com
(search "institut deutsche adelsforschung" to find the website of our "Institut
Deutsche Adelsforschung" and then press the button "translate this page".
Now you can follow eyery link und read all pages in English). Please always
read the introduction of every website in order to understand the special
contents.
For information on related institutes click here.
We hope you will be succesfull in your research and enjoy reading our website.
A friendly comment in our virtual guestbook
would be most appreciated!
Thank you for your virtual visit!
Yours IDA - Institut for German Aristocratic Research
Claus Heinrich Bill
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Website erstellt vom Institut Deutsche Adelsforschung, www.edelleute.de
Online gestellt am 21.November 2002
