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== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==  
== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==  
The following information is usually found in these records:  
The following information is usually found in these records:  
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| align="center" style="background: rgb(240,240,240)" | '''Baptismal and confirmation records'''  
'''Baptism'''
| align="center" style="background: rgb(240,240,240)" | '''Marriage records'''
*Name of child
| align="center" style="background: rgb(240,240,240)" | ''Burial or 'Death records'''
*Date of baptism
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*Parent's names
| Date and place of the baptism
*Legitimacy
| Date and place of the marriage
*Date of birth
|Date and place of burial and/or death
*Place of baptism
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| Child’s name and gender
'''Marriage'''
| Names of the bride and groom  
*Name of bride and groom
|Name of deceased
*Their ages
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*Residence and birthplace
|Names of the parents
*Date of marriage
| Names of the parents
*Parent's names
| Sometimes the names of the parents or the spouse, if the deceased was married
*Place of marriage
|-
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| Age of the person being baptized or their birth date
'''Burial'''
| Name of the witnesses
*Name of deceased
| Age at time of death
*Date of death or burial
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*Age
| Legitimacy
*Residence
| Ages and marital statuses of the bride and groom
*Name of spouse or parents
| Place of residence or origin of deaceased
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| Before 1820, social class of the parents
|Places of origin and residence
|Sometimes the race of the deceased
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|Sometimes the person’s race
| Legitimacy
|
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|Godparents
|Sometimes the race of bride and groom
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