Hi David:
Yes, the Nebenregister in the archive in Detmold can be viewed by anyone in the archive's reading room, open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Mondays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays through Thursdays, and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Fridays (see https://www.archive.nrw.de/landesarc...-lippe-detmold).
However, since you have already given a search request to the city archive in Gelsenkirchen (and obligated yourself to pay for their time), it probably wouldn't make financial sense to start a second search in Detmold.
By the way, a heads-up: in my experience, German archives generally do not accept payment via credit card or PayPal; instead, they want a direct deposit to their bank account, which is very easy for Germans (and other Europeans) to do. Unfortunately, American banks are not tied into the European direct-deposit system, which generally means that you instead have to pay via an international wire transfer to the German bank account. This can incur a fee of $20 to $30 from your bank. There are also money transfer services, such as Wise or XE, that can facilitate direct deposits into a German bank account from your credit card for a somewhat lower fee.
Regards
--Carl-Henry
Yes, the Nebenregister in the archive in Detmold can be viewed by anyone in the archive's reading room, open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Mondays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays through Thursdays, and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Fridays (see https://www.archive.nrw.de/landesarc...-lippe-detmold).
However, since you have already given a search request to the city archive in Gelsenkirchen (and obligated yourself to pay for their time), it probably wouldn't make financial sense to start a second search in Detmold.
By the way, a heads-up: in my experience, German archives generally do not accept payment via credit card or PayPal; instead, they want a direct deposit to their bank account, which is very easy for Germans (and other Europeans) to do. Unfortunately, American banks are not tied into the European direct-deposit system, which generally means that you instead have to pay via an international wire transfer to the German bank account. This can incur a fee of $20 to $30 from your bank. There are also money transfer services, such as Wise or XE, that can facilitate direct deposits into a German bank account from your credit card for a somewhat lower fee.
Regards
--Carl-Henry
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