until 1950 homeland service, 1950-1975 in Bethanien, Berseba; personnel documents; correspondence

Various manuscripts, including Bethany and its history;

1874-1891 in Steinkopf, Bethanien; letters and reports, also by Lina Bam, née Baade, 1874-1892; correspondence with the Bam family, 1908-1913;

1898-1906 in Berseba, Rietmond, Ghochas, Gibeon, Haruchas bei Ghochas, from 1905 Farmer, cf. RMG 1.341 for estate; curriculum vitae and application documents, 1892; letters and reports, 1898-1905; copy of e. letter from Hendrik Witbooi to the captains of Berseba and Bethanien, 1904; Report on the rescue of his wife and children, who had been abducted to Gramus, 8 p..., hs., Oct. 1904; Report by Mrs. Ida Berger, née Bergmann, related Albath about her experiences during the outbreak of the Hottentot uprising in Gochas and on the trip to Gramus, 32 p., hs., 1904; Proclamation of the Lieutenants General von Trotha an d. Hottentotten, in German, Dutch and Nama, Apr. 1905; Memorandum: "Entwicklung d. Unruhen im Gochaser Gebiet", 1904; Detailed report on Carl Berger's experiences during the 1904 uprising in the Gochaser Gebiet, 15 p., hs, June 1905; Nachtragsbericht über d. Folgen d. Aufstandes, Aug. 1905; Ehrenerklärung d. Oberleutnants Stuhlmann für Carl Berger, Nov. 1905; declaration of resignation and justification for this by Carl Berger, June 1906; correspondence with Carl Berger, 1912-1961; correspondence with Mrs. Margarete Berger, née Ruymann, widow Carl Bergers

founded in 1814 by Schmelen, David Christian's tribe, outstations: Grootfontein, see also RMG 2,503 a-c, RMG 2,529 a, Farm RMG 2,548, Kuibis Farm s. RMG 2.541; station and annual reports, statistical data; chronological time table for Bethany from 1814 to 1899; visitation reports, 1906 1909 1913

Catechist and colonist, 1834-1848 in the Cape, 1848-1852 in Ebenezer, Bethanien, Berseba, 1852-1875 in Germany, then back to Africa, see also RMG 2.372; Letters and diaries by Samuel Johann Hahn and Mrs. Helene Hahn, née Langenbeck, 1831-1855; C. Böhm to Mrs. Helene Hahn, 1870; Fr. Heinrich Hahn, Dautzschen to Deputation, 1884;

Bible translation into Nama (Old Testament), manuscript e. Bible translation in Nama, started 28 May 1873, revised to Bethany 9-12 July 1877, 5 leather volumes; Genesis and Deuteronomy; Joshua to 2. Kings; chronicle to Song of Songs (without psalms); Isaiah to Daniel; Hosea to Maleachi;[The manuscript was given to the archives in 1969 by the British Bible Society, London, for permanent residence, see correspondence RMG 1.084];

in Keetmanshoop, Warmbad, Bethanien, 1911-1925 other service in Africa; Correspondence, 1904-1915; Curriculum Vitae, 1905; Personalbogen, 1908; Medical reports, 1909 and 1910; Correspondence, 1931-1959; Obituary and dates of life, 1959; Abwicklung e. testamentary legacy, 1959-1960;

Plans for e. Industrial School in Bethanien by Tobias Fenchel, 1906; School regulations for mission schools in the area of the Herero Conference; a) by Johannes Olpp, pag. 263, 1908; b) Manuscript by Karl Friedrich Wandres, Heinrich Vedder, Kurt Nowack, 1910; c) Dr., 54 p.., 1910; Proposals for boy handicraft lessons in mission schools, by August Elger, 1910; Establishment and operation of a secondary school in Windhoek, by Kurt Nowack, 1911; Das Windhoeker Missionsschulwesen, Abtlg. Volksschulen, by Kurt Nowack, 1912; Verhandlungen wegen staatlicher Unterstützung d. Missionsschulen, 1913-1914; Schulgesetz betr. d. Schulen für Nicht-Europäer, 1921; "Das Schulwesen d. Südafrikanischen Union u. d. Missionsschulen in Südwestafrika", by Heinrich Vedder, 24 p.., ms. 1921; Schulgesetz für Südwestafrika (Dr. in Amtsblatt No. 207), 1926; 120 weekly sentences for use in schools (in Herero), by Heinrich Vedder?, issue, 30 p., ms., not published

Correspondence; Guidelines for the working group between the Masurian Diaconess Motherhouse Bethanien in Lötzen and the Bethel Mission, January 1937; private letters and family photos of the Th. Kuessner family, 1943

1852-1853 in Bethanien, Otjikango; letters and diaries from missionary holidays, 1848-1850; letters and diaries from Africa, also from Emmy Haupt (1854 married to Georg Zimmer), Gorth's bride, d. did not find him alive anymore, 1851-1853; transcript from "Hessische Biographien": "Gorth, Matthäus, Missionar, 1823-1853", edited by Hermann Haupt, Darmstadt, 1918; photocopy of the obituary for Matthäus Gorth in the reports of the RMG;

Outstation: Guichab-Asis; Outstation of Bethanien s. RMG 2.498 a-c; Farm Grootfontein s. RMG 2.548; RMG to South-West-Africa-Company, London, because of permission to build e. Missionsstation u. e. Brunnens, 1910; annual and conference reports, by missionary Heinrich Wilhelm Friedrich Pardey and Karl Schmitz, 1910-1945; map sketches of trips to the surrounding farms, by Heinrich Wilhelm Friedrich Pardey, 1911; visitation report, 1912; annual reports on sisters' work, by Christa Hilmer and Luise (Liesel) Hohl, 1925-1946

1892-1907 in Bethanien, resignation, pastor in Brazil from 1908 in Riopardinho, Forromecco, P. Sao Vendelino, Rio Grande do Sul; letters, travel, station and annual reports, 1891-1906; report on school and church visitation in Bethany by Carl Ludwig Hermann Hegner, 1893; letter by Cornelius Frederiks, 1895; Die spezielle Seelsorge, Referat, 28 pp. hs, 1896; Report on the laying of the foundation stone of the church in Bethanien, Dutch, 1897; sketch of Bethanien (vol. 1, p. 133); Report on the birthday celebration for Emperor Wilhelm II. in Bethanien, 1898; Letters d. Assistant Benade von Grootfontein, 1898 and 1900; report on the consecration of the church in Bethanien, 1899; application for acquisition of garden land for agricultural school in Bethanien, 1906; proposals by Emil Tempel for the establishment of e. Handwerkerschule, 1907; medical certificates for Friedrich Heinrichs and his wife Elisabeth Heinrichs, nee. Göbel, 1907 and 1909; visit lists of the travel preacher Friedrich Heinrichs in Wiehl, 1908 and 1909; personal sheet Friedrich Heinrichs, 1908; letters from Rio Pardinko, Brazil, 1911-1913; obituary for Elisabeth Heinrichs, née Göbel, 1940; obituary for Friedrich Heinrichs, 1949;

1841-1854 in Kommaggas, Bethanien, Tulbagh, 1852-1854 in Capeland, from 1854 back in Norway, s.a. RMG 2.598, parts of the file heavily damaged; curriculum vitae, 1841; letters and diaries of Knudsen 1841 1844-1854; letter from Daniel Cloete, Bethanien, 1854;

1853-1878 in Bethany; Military clearance certificate and other military service papers, 1847-1851; Letters from the time of military service, 1851; Letters and diaries from Africa, 1852-1878; Letter from the widow Magdalene Kreft, née Hatje, 1879;

1939-1973 in Usakos, Lüderitz Bay, Bethanien, Omaruru; personal documents, also by Anny Kuhlmann, née Abke; letters and reports, among others from the internment camp Andalusia, 1940-1945

emerged from Jänicke's missionary seminar, 1811 in the service of the London Missionary Society to South Africa, initiated 1839 d. Aufnahme d. Mission in Südwestafrika seitens d. RMG, 1808-1848 in Bethanien u. Kommagas, single letters s.a. RMG 2.598; letter to deputation in German translation and by d. Hand Theobald von Wurmbs, 1831; letter to deputation in German language by Johann Heinrich Schmelens eigener Hand, 1838; transmissions of both letters, ms;

1906-1948 in Bethanien, Windhoek, Keetmanshoop; letters and reports, 1906-1946; curriculum vitae (2 versions), certificates, correspondence of the aspirant Wilhelm Albert Peter, 1895-1900; birth certificate (copy), certified, 1908; protocol on language examinations in Nama by Wilhelm Albert Peter, 1913; regulation d. Pension and care case for Olga Peter, née Hak, 1948-1954; correspondence with Olga Peter and Erich Otto Peter (son), 1948-1954; obituary for Olga Peter, 1954

1816-1903); 1845-1861 in Otjikango, Otjimbingue, Bethanien, Sarepta, Stellenbosch, 1862-1893 at the Cap; letters and diaries, 1843-1903; also letters and travel diary of Anna Rath, née Jörris, 1846-1847;

Since the registry office responsible for special cases in Germany and abroad - the so-called 'Standesamt I' - is still located in Berlin today, traditions from this office also reach the Landesarchiv. They have been grouped together in group 'S'. These traditions all refer to areas that are not part of Berlin. The largest part of this group is the stock S Rep. 100 with the still existing documents from the former German territories in the East - as far as these were taken to Germany and did not perish in the war. In addition, there are holdings of notarizations of Germans living abroad, namely as far as they were carried out in German consulates or embassies ('consular registers') or in the German colonies ('colonial registers'). There are also documents from the territories occupied by Germany during the Second World War (these are only deaths).Two large holdings contain the documents issued by the registry office I itself within the framework of its special jurisdiction.The S holdings also regularly receive supplements in accordance with the deadlines of the Civil Status Act, but only every five years.

Contains among other things: "Statistisches Warenverzeichnis für Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika" (Statistical Goods List for German Southwest Africa) of the Customs Administration, 1914; compensation and salary of the bank director Junker (Letter from Dr. Fresenius), 1921; Draft of a law concerning the establishment of the budget for the protectorates for the accounting year 1914; Implementing provisions for the transfer of the financial administration of the East African protectorate, the South West African protectorate and Cameroon to the protectorates; Record of the discussion between the American Consul General, Mr. George Murphy, and the Kastl Government Council, 1916; Draft of a Fencing Ordinance; The policy of South Africa during the war until mid-1918; Ordinance of the Imperial Governor of German Southwest Africa, concerning public roads (draft); Ordinance of the Imperial Chancellor, concerning the levying of a special mountain rights tax in the German Southwest African protectorate, 1911; Note on the necessity of the amendments to the provisions on farm purchase; Draft Ordinance of the Imperial Chancellor concerning the levying of fees in administrative matters in German Southwest Africa Also Contains: Music card for a music evening, Aug.1916Memorial book "Gustaf Schlieper zum Gedächtnis", 1937

Contains among other things: Protection and Friendship Treaty between the German Empire and Bethany of 28 Oct. 1884 (copy).

Correspondence with Rev. E. Buse, d. Überlasser d. Vertragskopie, 1968;