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==Online Resources and Websites== | ==Online Resources and Websites== | ||
*[https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1A_7VBE7lbMnJtJuoEfXny_nlBng&hl=en_US&ll=54.785061119025606%2C23.78100281249999&z=7 '''Litwa-metryki cz.'''] Lithuania vital records with online images. Map pins indicate villages from which records are available. Includes some records from Belarus. | *[https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1A_7VBE7lbMnJtJuoEfXny_nlBng&hl=en_US&ll=54.785061119025606%2C23.78100281249999&z=7 '''Litwa-metryki cz.'''] Lithuania vital records with online images. Map pins indicate villages from which records are available. '''Includes some records from Belarus.''' | ||
**Click the down arrow to the left of '''"Cz. I i II"''' to open the full list, which gives all these links. | **Click the down arrow to the left of '''"Cz. I i II"''' to open the full list, which gives all these links. | ||
***[http://kresy.genealodzy.pl/gub_wil_87/ap_litwa.html '''Cz. I i II'''] | ***[http://kresy.genealodzy.pl/gub_wil_87/ap_litwa.html '''Cz. I i II'''] | ||
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:*'''Description''' and '''See''' are clickable links. '''See''' takes you to the images. | :*'''Description''' and '''See''' are clickable links. '''See''' takes you to the images. | ||
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==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||
According to the census of as of November 2011, 58.9% of all Belarusians adhere to some kind of religion; out of those, Eastern Orthodoxy (Belarusian Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church) makes up about 82%. Roman Catholicism is practiced mostly in the western regions, and there are also different denominations of Protestantism. Minorities also practice Greek Catholicism, Judaism, Islam and Neopaganism. Overall, 48.3% of the population is Orthodox Christian, 41.1% is not religious, 7.1% is Catholic and 3.3% follows other religions. | According to the census of as of November 2011, 58.9% of all Belarusians adhere to some kind of religion; out of those, Eastern Orthodoxy (Belarusian Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church) makes up about 82%. Roman Catholicism is practiced mostly in the western regions, and there are also different denominations of Protestantism. Minorities also practice Greek Catholicism, Judaism, Islam and Neopaganism. Overall, 48.3% of the population is Orthodox Christian, 41.1% is not religious, 7.1% is Catholic and 3.3% follows other religions. | ||