State Archives
Germany is a Federation (like Australia) and you need to identify which of the Staats Archiv (also called Landeshaupt Archiv) will hold the records you are seeking. Unlike our National Archives, there is little material held centrally.
That is why it is so important to know where in Germany your ancestors came from. If you don't know in which Archiv to look, you have very little chance of finding what you need.
Take care that there are three Lande (states) with Saxony in their name (and that Lower Saxony is north-west of the other two, not south as we might expect). Note also that Bremen and Berlin are contained within other Lande but are not part of them.
Below are links to the web sites of all 16 State Archives. Not all have pages published in English but your browser may give you the opportunity to translate on the fly. You should find details of how to contact the Archive on each site (although note that some will have multiple office spread across different towns in their area).
That is why it is so important to know where in Germany your ancestors came from. If you don't know in which Archiv to look, you have very little chance of finding what you need.
Take care that there are three Lande (states) with Saxony in their name (and that Lower Saxony is north-west of the other two, not south as we might expect). Note also that Bremen and Berlin are contained within other Lande but are not part of them.
Below are links to the web sites of all 16 State Archives. Not all have pages published in English but your browser may give you the opportunity to translate on the fly. You should find details of how to contact the Archive on each site (although note that some will have multiple office spread across different towns in their area).