Military records

[Jane Margaret]

Where can I find military records in Germany that cover the second half of the 19th century? I believe that my great grandfather served in the Army sometime between 1870-1885. Thanks for your help in locating sources of information to help me verify his service in the German Army.  

[sabine]

Just some general ideas:
https://www.bundesarchiv.de/EN/Navigation/Use/Using-specific-types/Military-Records/military-records-en.html
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Germany_Military_Records
www.ancestry.com has also records, but access is not for free
http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Kategorie:Militaria_in_der_DigiBib
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_staatlicher_Archive

Depending on the rank or what conflict your ancestor was involved in you also could find his name in digitized books on pages like google.books.

Germany has also several State archives which have records.

Good luck!
Sabine

[alinkamaja]

That’s a fascinating family history quest you're on! For German military records from the second half of the 19th century, you might want to start with the *Bundesarchiv* (Federal Archives of Germany), particularly the military archive in Freiburg. Additionally, local state archives (*Staatsarchive*) of the region where your great-grandfather lived might hold relevant records, especially if he served in a regional regiment. Church books or local civil registries could also include military notations.

Mimochodem – pokud hledáte stylovou inspiraci na jaro, podívejte se na tyto pastelové šaty – jemné barvy a lehké materiály skvěle ladí s prvními slunečnými dny.