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- Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY.
- City of Louisville, Birth Records, 1898-1910, Filson Club Historical Society, Louisville, KY.
- City of Louisville, Death Records, 1866-1910, Filson Club Historical Society, Louisville, KY.
- Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Frankfort, KY, Birth Records, Death Records, Marriage Records, Divorce Records.
- Cook County Clerk’s Office, Chicago, IL, Marriage Records.
- The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY, Obituaries.
- Deutschen Geschlechterbuch, published in Germany.
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- Evangelical Church, Engelrod, Germany, Church Records.
- Evangelical Church, Heimbuchenthal, Germany, Church Records.
- Evangelical Church, Heubach, Germany, Church Records.
- Evangelical Church, Hessisch Lichtenau, Germany, Church Records.
- Evangelical Church, Hintersteinau, Germany, Church Records.
- Evangelical Church, Mittelsinn, Germany, Church Records.
- Evangelical Church, Mottgers, Germany, Church Records.
- Evangelical Church, Neuengronau, Germany, Church Records.
- Evangelical Church, Oberkalbach, Germany, Church Records.
- Evangelical Church, Oberzell, Germany, Church Records.
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- Evangelical Church, Steinau, Germany, Church, Records.
- Evangelical Church, Sterbfritz, Germany, Church Records.
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- Evangelical Church, Zeitlofs, Germany, Church Records.
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Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971, online database, FamilySearch.org, Salt Lake City, UT.
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Hesse, Germany Marriages, 1849-1930, online database, Ancestry.com. Provo, UT.
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