Old German Script - Translation Request

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I need help determining WHERE to look for a Birth Record. First let me explain the situation. I believe I have found a Brother and Sister. I have 2 documents showing the Parents names and they are the same on both documents. Both persons were born in Beslau. I found the Birth record on Ancestry for Anneliese BUT they do not have anything at all for Kurt.

Document #1: Birth Record for Anneliese Zacharias born 1904 Breslau, Germany https://imgur.com/a/6XaG82E
Document #2: a family document from 1965 for Kurt Edmund Zacharias born 1900 Breslau, Germany https://imgur.com/a/r48wYTv

Does the either document indicate where I should focus my search (church parish, city/town, Catholic or Luthern? search Germany or Poland??)

I understand Breslau is now Wroclaw, Poland. But are records for 1900 in Berlin or Wroclaw?

Just for more clarity here is the Baptism Record for the Father Max Otto Richard Zacharias in Bromberg. https://imgur.com/a/YAudUYs

Thank you!

WikiTree profile: Kurt Zacharias
in Genealogy Help by Angela Herman G2G6 Mach 1 (18.1k points)

3 Answers

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The birth record is from Breslau, Anneliese's parents are of lutheran religion.

The other entry is a marriage entry for the marriage of Kurt Edmund Fritz Zacharias with Hulda Martha Richter, born Schmidt. So Hulda would become here a Hulda Martha Zacharias (Schmidt) aka Richter. Hulda doesn't have her father entered, her mother is obv. deceased because her residence is written as "last: Dohna, Kreis Pirna". Both are of lutheran religion

Kurt's parents are also both deceased.
by Jelena Eckstädt G2G Astronaut (1.5m points)
Hi Jelena

Yes, I knew the Birth record was for Breslau for Anneliese and also the Document for Kurt also states Breslau, but I was trying to see if there was some other clue on WHERE to look for Kurt's birth record. Ancestry only had Anneliese's birth/Baptism? record.

I have tried searching the genealogy sites suggested to me for Kurt but I get zero hits on his name. I suspect it's because I am not entering the search criteria correctly.

Thank you for you help.
it says "Standesamt, Nr." - "registry office, number", so registry office 4 in Breslau, register #1543
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The baptism entry of Max Otto Richard states his father as Eduard Zacharias and his mother as Johanna, born Becker. He was born in Bromberg, which is today Bydgoszcz.
by Jelena Eckstädt G2G Astronaut (1.5m points)
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Ok, so which website would be best to search for Kurt Edmund Fritz Zacharias since ancestry and family search have nothing for him?
by Angela Herman G2G6 Mach 1 (18.1k points)

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