You will find the Decennial Indexes for all the towns and villages - for the time period between 1806/10 to 1869 or 1872 – in those parts of Germany which were annexed by France under the rule of Napoleon. There was a French law in 20.Sept. 1792 which started the civil registration in France. After the French revolution army occupied Germany on the left side of the Rhine river (1792-1794) - this part of Germany was annexed in 1797 - the law took effect for the new founded Departements of Rur (Roer), Saar, Rhine and Moselle on 12.Floreal VI (1.May 1798). In the Departements of Ourthe (Eifel region)and Niedermaas it became effective on 29.Praerial IV (17.Jun.1796) and later also in other occupied and annexed regions. An decree of Napoleon (20.Jul.1807) established the Decennial Indexes - all over the annexed territories - which were demanded by the law of 1792. After Napoleon was defeated the situation changed again. In those parts of the former annexed territories which belonged to Prussia before 1806 the old Prussian laws were established again on 1.Jan. 1815 (allgemeines preussisches Landrecht), in the area of the modern administration districts (Regierungsbezirke) of Duesseldorf and Cologne and in the northern part of the administration district of Koblenz the "French civil law" became the "Rheinische civil law" (with little modifications) and in other parts of the administration district of Koblenz the old ecclesiastical rights - from the time this area belonged to Nassau - took effect again. (registration only in chuchbooks) There was no standardized law about civil registration until the German Empire was founded in 1871 and a new law about civil registration took effect on 1.Jan.1876. (From "Die Zivilstandsregister und die Kirchenbuchduplikate im Nordrhein-Westfälischen Personenstandsarchiv Rheinland, published by the staate archives in Nordrhein Westfalen) Regards Axel axel@bolle.de -----Original Message----- From: W. David Samuelsen [mailto:dsam@wasatch.com] Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 5:19 AM To: TRIER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TRIER-ROOTS-L] Re: TRIER-ROOTS-D Digest V99 #272 Luxembourg wasn't backward as you imply it to be. In fact Luxembourg has by far better record-keeping compared to Germany! Decennial indexes are along the best. Where else can you find the indexes for every commune (community) like that? JKorman377@aol.com wrote: > > Re: Schiwajs, > > As I am guessing, my answers may not be correct. > The first looks like an insertion for a Dicennial (ten year table) > The second line might months of a given year. Lux at ths time was a thirld > world country and very poor and backward. > > Regards, > JimK, Lux grandchild > ==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Support RootsWeb! Help provide FREE genealogical resources on the Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html