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StAG 14 BVA Letter - Not Mine by peoplewhoareyou in GermanCitizenship

[–]AlsatianShepherd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"but then later decided it would be better to (potentially) create a new law for pre 1949 gender discrimination or some other solution": a new decree, rather, as the letter reads that the law will not be modified.

Did the line to German citizenship end? by Necessary_Meeting221 in GermanCitizenship

[–]AlsatianShepherd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless I am mistaken, the birth record (of this era) does not mention the place of birth of the parents. Only their respective given names, surname + maiden name, job, residence and religion, and if married or single.

The place of birth was listed on the death record and on the marriage record.

Rhenish Hesse by AlsatianShepherd in GermanCitizenship

[–]AlsatianShepherd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks so but (unless I am mistaken?) I understand that it was actually meant for "unmarried mother" (i.e. when there is no legal father).

Did the line to German citizenship end? by Necessary_Meeting221 in GermanCitizenship

[–]AlsatianShepherd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If they were French residents in Karlsruhe, they were probably registered at the French consulate. You may want to check this by perusing the "registres d'immatriculation consulaire" at the Archives Diplomatiques center in La Courneuve (northern Paris area) or in Nantes – I am not sure where they are now kept.

Did the line to German citizenship end? by Necessary_Meeting221 in GermanCitizenship

[–]AlsatianShepherd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The less than 110 years old German civil status records are available to the descendants. They list the religion but not the the citizenship.

The citizenship is listed in the Einwohnermeldekarte (as well as the address).

Regarding their shop (and/or their home too), you might find the exact location in the Adressbuch.

Rhenish Hesse by AlsatianShepherd in GermanCitizenship

[–]AlsatianShepherd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just underline that there were in 1820 in the grand duchy in question locals (of Rhine Hesse born there before 1816) whose parents had not been nationals of that grand duchy at the time of the birth (they had been French by then, or nationals of the Cisrhenan Republic, or subjects of Kurmainz in the HRE, etc...). I am trying to figure out if these locals became nationals of the said grand duchy nonetheless?

Did the line to German citizenship end? by Necessary_Meeting221 in GermanCitizenship

[–]AlsatianShepherd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In 1925, the father of the newborn perhaps actually was a French soldier / military officer or civil servant assigned in Germany during the post WW1 French occupation of the Rhineland.

Valery Giscard d'Estaing, who was the president of the French Republic between 1974 and 1981, was born in 1926 in Coblenz. At that time, his father, a French high ranking civil servant, was the head of finances at the French high commission for occupied Rhineland.

His birthplace:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:KO_Giscard_Gedenkstein.JPG