Family Records

Register of the Senior Line

A continuous record of births, marriages, deaths, successions, probate, and branch connections kept by the House of Faust and its estate office from 1712 to the present day.

121 folios1712–2026Six recording erasHeld in trust · reproduction restricted

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Scope of the record

One register, kept by many hands

The register begins in 1712 with a marriage settlement entered by a parish clerk and ends with structured extracts drawn from the family office database. Between those two folios lie copperplate volumes, ruled ledgers from the estate office, typewritten forms, and carbon duplicates — each generation recording itself in the materials of its own century.

Every member of the house appears here in the same form: an entry of birth, a marriage where one was made, a note of connection where a branch joined the senior line, and a closing entry at death. No member is given more space than the record requires.

Birth50
Marriage21
Death16
Succession5
Branch Connection14
Guardianship6
Probate8
Charter1

Note of the Archive

These folios are family archive copies — extracts, transcriptions, and reconstructions prepared from the surviving register. Where originals were lost, damaged, or written in German, the entry stands upon the best evidence presently held. They are not government-issued documents.

The Six Recording Eras

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121 of 121 folios shown

1680s

1 folio

1710s

3 folios

1740s

2 folios

1750s

1 folio

1770s

2 folios

1780s

1 folio

1800s

2 folios

1810s

1 folio

1830s

2 folios

1840s

2 folios

1860s

2 folios

1870s

1 folio

1890s

3 folios

1910s

1 folio

1920s

7 folios

1930s

2 folios

1940s

3 folios

1950s

6 folios

1960s

4 folios

1970s

17 folios

1980s

4 folios

1990s

7 folios

2000s

26 folios

2010s

11 folios

2020s

10 folios