Q&A: Ahnenpass and research

Subject: Q&A: Ahnenpass and research

QUESTION: 

 ....I am, however, doing some research and I am trying to 
find information on the use of ancestor passports (Ahnenpass) 
by the SS, SD or Einsatzgruppen.  Does anyone have any 
information, or more importantly, can anyone point me in the 
direction of a COMPLETE resource on the subject?   a n d
I am doing research regarding anti-semitism in Pre-Nazi and 
Nazi Germany.  Specifically, I am trying to find information on 
the use of ancestor passports (Ahnenpass) by the Gestapo.  Does 
anyone have any information, or more importantly, can anyone 
point me in the direction  of a COMPLETE resource on the 
subject?  
Aric N. Hooverson"
October 20, 1995

2nd ANSWER:

I am not an expert, but I also sought my relatives ahnenpass 
and was successful eventually.  An ahnenpass was used to 
document 7 or 8 past generations of the family.  I learned that 
no government agency has copies of these; they are kept in 
family files, if at all. I was lucky and found a  cousin who 
had a copy of her father's ahnenpass that she sent to me.  I 
then independently verified the accuracy by getting records 
from the Mormon library microfiche.  You may have to do the 
same thing. 
Tom
 
October 21, 1995 

3rd ANSWER: 

The "Ahnenpass" was a small booklet used to collect civil 
registration particulars about ancestors. People got the blank 
forms, obtained ordinary birth, marriage, and death 
certificates, copied the data to the "Ahnenpass"  form, and had 
civil registrars or police authorities verified the correctness 
of each entry by virtue of the original certificates.
The bearer had proof of his aryan ancestry at hand. But note: 
It was not an  official document itself, it was only a 
collection of certificates. The blank form can still be
bought from 
 
C.A.Starke Verlagsgesellschaft
Frankfurter Strasse 51-53
D-65549 Limburg
Germany
Fax +49-6431-43927 
 
This publisher offers some more forms and (german) books.

Martin Spill

October 22,1995