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Church at Sindelfingen

Evangelical Church records for Wuerttemberg are available at Ancestry.com.  They are found under Wuerttemberg, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials 1500-1985. They have been indexed.  The images are also available.

FamilySearch.org also has many indexed records for Wuerttemberg.  Search "Historical Records" or do a place search in the Family History Library catalog by the name of the parish and if it has a camera image by the film number then the film is available online.  

Some indexed Catholic Church Records [Zweitschriften] are available on FamilySearch and Ancestry.com.  There are no images.  The Catholic church books images [Zweitschriften] are available at Landesarchiv Baden-Wurttemberg; Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg. Link to index by town and the digitized records: Landesarchiv

Some church records and Standesbücher are also available at www.leo-bw.de.    Search on the magnifier. Choose "Object".  Put in the name of the place and add the words "Standesbücher" "katholische" or "evangelische" or "Geburtenbuch" "Heiratsbuch" "Sterbebuch". 

An index to church records held at the Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart can be found at this website:

Church book Database

2025 inventory of church records

A link to digitized church records in Ludwigsburg: http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/plink/?f=2-179928

A link to extracts of the parish register of Braunenweiler OA Salgau is available at:

http://www.forschergruppe-oberschwaben.de/register-zu-fruehen-familien-in-braunenweiler/

A link to an inventory of parish books for Dietenheim is available at:

http://www.forschergruppe-oberschwaben.de/repetorium-der-gemeinde-dietenheim/

To find the address and e-mail of the parish in Wuerttemberg, click on this link: https://www.elk-wue.de/service/gemeindefinder/

Wiki article from FamilySearch for locating vital records from Baden-Wuerttemberg: How to Find Birth, Marriage, and Death Records for Baden-Württemberg.

Church records for Württemberg may also be found on $ Archion.de.

Film clip on U-Tube in English about Archion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5OGmOU58EE