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====Austrian Poland==== | ====Austrian Poland==== | ||
In the former Austrian territories, conventional civil registration did not begin until after the establishment of the Republic of Poland in 1918. | *Austria took possession of the southern part of Poland in 1772. In 1784 the Emperor Joseph, recognizing the need for valid vital records for public use, designated Catholic parish registers as state records and standardized Latin columnar forms were issued. Roman Catholic and Greek Catholic clergy were made responsible for the registration of all vital records for all religions and recorded these in their parish registers. | ||
*Civil transcripts of these registers were prepared for state use. So essentially, the church records functioned as civil registration until 1918. Most of these are now in State Archives where many have been microfilmed. | |||
*In the former Austrian territories, conventional civil registration did not begin until after the establishment of the Republic of Poland in 1918. | |||
=== Language of the Records === | === Language of the Records === | ||