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==Coverage== | ==Coverage== | ||
===Time=== | ===Time=== | ||
Protestants first required the recording of baptisms and marriages in 1525; Catholics in 1563 at the Council of Trent. However, many of the early church records have been lost. The records can be written in German, Latin, French, Italian, or Romantsch. | |||
===Denominations=== | ===Denominations=== | ||
Generally church records exist for the following denominations: | Generally church records exist for the following denominations: | ||
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Other churches in Switzerland prior to 1900: Seventh-day Adventists (''Adventisten vom 7. Tag''), Swedenborgian (''Schwedenborgianer''), Anglicans (''Anglikaner''), Society for Propagation of the Gospel (''Gesellschaft zur Ausbreitung des Evangeliums''), Scottish Presbyterian Church (''Schottische Presbyterianer Kirche'')<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Switzerland,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1984-1998.</ref> | Other churches in Switzerland prior to 1900: Seventh-day Adventists (''Adventisten vom 7. Tag''), Swedenborgian (''Schwedenborgianer''), Anglicans (''Anglikaner''), Society for Propagation of the Gospel (''Gesellschaft zur Ausbreitung des Evangeliums''), Scottish Presbyterian Church (''Schottische Presbyterianer Kirche'')<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Switzerland,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1984-1998.</ref> | ||
==Information in the Records== | ==Information in the Records== | ||
===Types of church records:=== | ===Types of church records:=== | ||