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12 apr 2024 · Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Empire. Guide to Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Empire ancestry, family history, and genealogy before 1945: birth records, marriage records, death records, both church and civil registration, compiled family history, and finding aids.
Census for Mecklenburg-Schwerin is available at the Family History Centers for 1704, 1751, 1819, 1867, 1890 and 1900. There are also a few early census records for the Duchy of Mecklenburg for 1633-1634, 1677, and 1689 (microfilm #068,934). There are no preserved census records for Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
The Nazi government in 1934 merged the two states into one Land (state) of Mecklenburg, which, after World War II, with some territorial adjustments, was briefly (1949–52) a Land of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) before it was dissolved into the Bezirke (districts) of Rostock, Schwerin, and Neubrandenburg.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mass emigration, a phenomenon, that formed the grand duchy Mecklenburg - Schwerin substantially. Between 1820 and 1890 about 250,000 people left their homes in Mecklenburg in several waves. People especially went to the USA or to other cities in Germany, such as Hamburg and Bremen, as well as the province of Schleswig-Holstein.
A typical bark is pictured at the left. From 1861 to 1872 another 50,000 people left Mecklenburg. Some of these went to foreign countries, while others went to different regions of Germany. The emigration records for Mecklenburg-Schwerin can be found at: Staatsarchiv Schwerin Graf-Schack-Allee 2 D-19053 Schwerin Germany
