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 ''For information about records for non-Christian religions in Germany, go to the [[Germany Religious Records|Religious Records]] page.''
-==History==
-Church records are essential for pre-1876 German research. Since civil authorities in various areas of Germany not begin registering vital statistics to 1876 are church records often the only source of family information before that date. Church records are kept even after the introduction of the civil registry, but not the Family History Library microfilm many post-1875 church books. See Germany civil registration for more information on post-1875 sources. The practice of keeping parish registers evolved slowly. The first surviving German Protestant records are from 1524 at St. Sebald in Nürnberg. Lutheran churches in general began requiring baptism, marriage, and burial records around 1540; Catholics began in 1563. By 1650 most Reformed parishes began keeping records.
-Many church records were destroyed in the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648). In addition, records for some parishes in the Pfalz and Rheinland were interrupted for several years when the French controlled those areas of Germany from 1792 to 1815 and introduced civil registration.
+== Church Records (Parish Registers)  ==
+Church records (parish registers) are excellent sources information on '''names, dates and places of birth/baptism, marriage. and death/burial.''' They are the most important source of genealogical information for Germany before 1876. Most of the people who lived in Germany were recorded in a church record.
-Generally, the earliest church records are in western Germany. The farther east you go, the later the church records begin.
+Church records are often called church books or churches books or parish registers. They contain records of '''births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials.''' In addition, church records can contain financial account books, (the record charges for toll bells, fees for masses for the dead, and so on), lists of confirmation, penance register communion lists, lists of members and the family register.
+==History==
+*The practice of keeping parish registers evolved slowly. The first surviving German Protestant records are from 1524 at St. Sebald in Nürnberg. Lutheran churches in general began requiring baptism, marriage, and burial records around 1540; Catholics began in 1563. By 1650 most Reformed parishes began keeping records.
+*Many church records were destroyed in the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648).
+*In addition, records for some parishes in the Pfalz and Rheinland were interrupted for several years when the French controlled those areas of Germany from 1792 to 1815 and introduced civil registration.
+*Generally, the earliest church records are in western Germany. The farther east you go, the later the church records begin.
 For more information, see [[Germany Church History|Germany Church History]] and [[Germany History|Germany History]].
-== Church Records (Parish Registers)  ==
-Church records (parish registers) are excellent sources of sufficiently accurate information on names, dates and places of birth / baptism, marriage and death / funeral. They are the most important source of genealogical information for Germany before 1876 most of the people who lived in Germany, were recorded in a church record.
-Church records are often called church books or churches books. They contain records of births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials. In addition, church records financial account books can contain (the record charges for toll bells, fees for masses for the dead, and so on), lists of confirmation, penance register communion lists, lists of members and the family register.
 === Duplicate Church Records  ===
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 ===Online Records===
-*1800 - 1870 {{RecordSearch|1395660|Germany, Baden, Church Book Duplicates, 1800-1870}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index
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 [http://www.archiv-ekir.de/index.php/2011-07-18-12-17-28 Archiv der Evangelischen Kirche im Rheinland] contains information regarding the Lutheran church in Rheinland<br>[http://www.archive.nrw.de/kirchenarchive/kath_kirchenarchive_nrw/index.php Katholische Kirchenarchive in NRW] contains information regarding the Catholic church and its records for Rheinland.<br>
 Wiki articles describing&nbsp;online collections are found at:
+*1800 - 1870 {{RecordSearch|1395660|Germany, Baden, Church Book Duplicates, 1800-1870}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index
 *[[Germany, Baden Church Book Duplicates (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]