Digitisation strategies for vulnerable historical documents at the North Rhine-Westphalian State Archive

Personenstandsarchiv Brühl

  • Unique collection of church records in Germany
  • The oldest part of the church record collection (approx. 4,200) were scanned for personal data research purposes
  • Use of a Bookeye® 3 colour book scanner
  • There are 30 reading stations for genealogists
  • Approx. 50% of the archive stock had been digitised by 2007
  • Approx. 350,000 digital pages of church book records are available to the archive's visitors
  • Planned conclusion of the project: approx. 2012
  • Also: Production of CDs or DVDs via PTV/sale of church records, further information on: www.patrimonium-transcriptum.org
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