Records of Paul Kehr on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Paul Kehr and the Kehr Family History

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Kehr Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Kehr family tree.

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Kehr Family Tree Databases

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Some Famous People called Paul Kehr

Paul Fridolin Kehr

Paul Fridolin Kehr (28 December 1860, Waltershausen – 9 November 1944, Wässerndorf) was a German historian and archivist.

In 1893 he was appointed professor of history and auxiliary sciences at the University of Marburg, and two years later, procured the same title at the University of Göttingen (from 1895).

In 1903 he was named director of the Prussian Historical Institute in Rome, and in 1915 became general director of the Prussian State Archives. During the same year, he became chairman of the central directorate of "Monumenta Germaniae Historica", as well as director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for German History. In 1940, he was awarded the Eagle Shield of the German Reich with the distinction "The outstanding researcher of medieval history". Kehr died in Waltershausen and was buried in the private cemetery of those of Pölnitz near Hundshaupten Castle.

Source: Paul Fridolin Kehr, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Kehr

Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.

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