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*Community members belonging to a '''minority religion''' may not be recorded in the majority faith's original church books. Instead they may only be included in the Kirchenbuchduplikat, labelled as "birth register" rather than "baptism book."  
*Community members belonging to a '''minority religion''' may not be recorded in the majority faith's original church books. Instead they may only be included in the Kirchenbuchduplikat, labelled as "birth register" rather than "baptism book."  
*A parish may have kept separate books for affiliated villages, both in the original and as duplicates. The parish in question may have included several villages, but only the book for one village has survived.
*A parish may have kept separate books for affiliated villages, both in the original and as duplicates. The parish in question may have included several villages, but only the book for one village has survived.
===Research Tutorials at FamilySearch===
''(See complete list at [[Germany Genealogy#FamilySearch Resources]]).''
*[https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/489 '''Hansen’s Map Guides: Finding Records with Parish Maps''']
*[https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/12 '''German Church and Civil Records''']
*[https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/873 '''German Church Records and Beyond: Deepen Your Research Using a Variety of Town Records''']
*[https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/375 '''Old German Script Part 1''']
*[https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/377 '''Old German Script Part 2''']
*[https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/426 '''Old German Script (German Church and Civil Records) Part 3''']


== Information Recorded in Church Records  ==
== Information Recorded in Church Records  ==
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