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5 eras · 1372–2026 · 17 places

Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt, Höchst, Bockenheim. Which empire held this ground in which years — and, the part that matters, which archive that means.

Whose archive this ground was

YearsWho held itWhose archive that means
1372–1806 Free Imperial City of Frankfurt FamilySearch

An Imperial Free City from 1372, directly subordinate to the Emperor.
1806–1815 Napoleonic order — Principality, then Grand Duchy, of Frankfurt FamilySearch

Napoleon gave the city to Dalberg in 1806; the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt, formed in 1810, lasted until 1813.
1815–1866 Free City of Frankfurt (German Confederation) FamilySearch · Archion

The Congress of Vienna restored it as a sovereign city-state; the civic oath followed in 1816.
1866–1945 Prussia — Province of Hesse-Nassau Archion · Bundesarchiv · FamilySearch

Occupied by Prussia on 16 July 1866 and annexed by decree on 20 September.
1945–2026 Germany — Hesse Archion · Bundesarchiv · FamilySearch

The rings are approximate — deliberately. They exist to shade which filing system a place fell under, not to adjudicate a border. A place near a ring's edge should be checked against both neighbours.

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The map takes a range, and a range that crosses one of the rows above is where records get lost: the family never moved, and the archive on the far side of the handover will tell you it holds nothing.

17 places on this ground

88 FamilySearch collections reach this ground

Ranked with the regional ones first — a collection for a province is usually a better lead than a national index, though the national index is often where a name is actually written down. A free account opens the images.

…and 28 more.

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