It does appear that yes, you do have to search it manually. I see no evidence of an index. This link explains what is there and says you have to be able to read Gothic German and know approximately what you are looking for and where/when it happened in order to have much success https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Germany,_Hessen,_Darmstadt_City_Records_%28FamilySearch_Historical_Records%29 I may be wrong, but it seems like for the average person it probably is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Not something I would take on without some idea of what I was looking for. Irenebks@aol.com wrote: > I looked at it and once I got to the Hesse Damstadt page could not do > anything. Maybe someone out there can figure it out. > > > In a message dated 2/1/2011 12:44:46 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > kokrdaj@cox.net writes: > > Hit Family Search in the upper left corner and leads to a search area. > >> I found the Hesse Darmstadt City Records >> at: >> https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/list#page=1&countryId=1927074 >> but >> I can't figure out how to use it--I even read the description. It looks >> like you >> have to actually manually search it. >> >> I'm still trying to figure out how and what is there. >> >> Christina >> >> >> >> >> >