Civil Registration__Birth
Red words indicate the wording on the preprinted form.
Blue words provide the translation of the form or German phrase
Nr. [number of document]
Berlin, am [Day, month, and year]
Vor dem unterzeichneten Standesbeamten erschien heute, der Persön=
lichkeit nach [person who made the legal declaration of the birth]
This person would present documents to the registrar in order to be identified, such as a marriage certificate, military papers, journeyman certificate, etc. ] anerkannt/or bekannt.
Translation: Appeared today before the civil registrar the individual known to the civil registrar or by the papers presented to him.
[This may contain a descriptive word, such as an occupation or widowed) Note: The person who appears is usually the father; however, it might be another relative or the midwife [Hebamme], or even the mother.
Wohnhaft zu [living at] [Insert the name of the city and, in the case of Berlin, the street address]
[evangelischer [Lutheran), katholischer(Catholic), mosaischer,(Jewish)] Religion, und zeigt an, dass von der [and reported that from] [Insert married name of the mother with maiden name following the words “geborene” [born]
Note: If the mother is the one who reports the birth, then she will indicate she bore the child and that she is the “Ehefrau” [wife of] (name of father).
evangelischer [Lutheran), katholischer (Catholic), mosaischer, (Jewish)] Religion.
Wohnhaft zu [living at] [Usually it will say “bei ihm” [with him] if the father is the one reporting the birth, or it may say “wie angegeben” (as stated)].
Am [Insert the day and month] des Jahres
Tausend acht hundert neunzig [in the year thousand eight hundred ninety [add exact year] [add Nach or Vor] mittags [Evening or morning]
[Insert hour] Uhr [hour], ein Kind [insert “männ or weib” lichen
Geschlechts geboren worden sei, welches die Vornamen
erhalten habe [a child of male or female sex was born and has received the given names] [Insert the given names of the child].
Vorgelesen genehmigt und [read , approved and ] [insert unterschrieben] signed.
[insert signature of the declarant].
Der Standesbeamte
[Signature of the Registrar]