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\n\t\t\tFederal Archive Research\t<\/h1>\n\tAre you looking for traces of your family history? Are you researching historical people, places and events?
\nMore than 400 km of archive material are waiting for your request in the Federal Archives.\n

\n\t\t\tFive simple steps to the result of the search\t<\/h2>\n\t1\n\t

SUBMIT A FREE ENQUIRY VIA THE ENQUIRY FORM<\/p>\n\t2\n\t

CONFIRM ORDER<\/p>\n\t3\n\t

VIEW BRIEF REPORT<\/p>\n\t4\n\t

SETTLE INVOICE AMOUNT<\/p>\n\t5\n\t

PRESERVE AGREED ARCHIVAL MATERIALS (COPIES, DIGITAL COPIES)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFREE REQUEST\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\tFederal Archive Research: Why commission Ad Acta?\t<\/h2>\n\t

Save time, money & nerves<\/p>\n\t

Travel and accommodation costs, time-consuming familiarisation with the holdings and finding aids of the Federal Archives are eliminated.<\/p>\n\t

Search steps can be adapted to ongoing processes<\/p>\n\t

Transcriptions of handwritten documents and digitisation of archival materials give you easy access to documents.<\/p>\n\t

Get expertise<\/p>\n\t

Ad Acta geht sicher und schnell mit dem Findmitteln & Archivgut um<\/p>\n\t- Subject areas -
\nGerman Reich - 1871-1918
\nWeimar Republic - 1918-1933
\nNational Socialism - 1933-1945
\nSBZ - 1945-1949
\nDDR - 1949-1989\n\t

More on request<\/p>\n\t

Create prospects<\/p>\n\t

Ad Acta searches can view non-public material with the appropriate clearance from the Federal Archives<\/p>\n\t

Collect your archive material, digitally process it<\/p>\n\t

Accompany, check or expand your ongoing research.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tWorth knowing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t