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LDS microfilms for Russian-Polish regions are indexed according to provincial boundaries as they were in modern Poland pre 1975. Since most of our research covers the time before WW I, a summary of parishes in the regions applicable to that time frame, with direct links to the microfilm numbers, would be a major help to researchers. The following links provide that for you. | LDS microfilms for Russian-Polish regions are indexed according to provincial boundaries as they were in modern Poland pre 1975. Since most of our research covers the time before WW I, a summary of parishes in the regions applicable to that time frame, with direct links to the microfilm numbers, would be a major help to researchers. The following links provide that for you. | ||
=== Russian Orthodox Church Records === | |||
The keeping of metrical books was mandated by a 1722 decree of Peter the Great. A format of three parts, christenings, marriages, deaths, was established in 1724, a printed format in 1806, and in 1838 a format that prevailed until the revolution. The consistory copy was considered official record. A Russian diocese - ''eparkhia'' was coterminous with a Russian state - ''guberniya''. The registers of each parish - ''prikhod'' in an country- ''uyezd'' were commonly filed together | |||
for a single year. Confession lists are often interfiled with parish registers. Each Orthodox Christian was to confess and partake of the sacrament at least once a year. The principal time for confession was Lent. Children of both sexes in obligatory fashion were taken to confession, beginning from their seventh year. The form of confession lists was established in 1737: the sequential number of the household, surname, given names of all children at least a year old, sex, ages, whether or not the person attended confession, and if not, why (rarely noted). | |||
===Greek Catholic (Uniate) Church Records=== | |||
Followers of the Byzantine rite, primarily Ukrainians, that returned to union with Rome. In 1839 the Church was formally dissolved in the Russian Empire and its members considered Orthodox. The church persisted only in Galicia and Transcarpathia, then under Austro-Hungarian rule. When these areas were | |||
assimilated into the Soviet Union, this religion was outlawed. The descendants of | |||
Ukrainians may not be aware of the distinction between Uniate and Orthodox. | |||
===Roman Catholic Church Records=== | |||
Russian mandate to keep registers in 1826. Three copies made. One may have been for the deanery - ''dekanat'', the level between the diocese and the | |||
parish. There were five dioceses in 1900: Tiraspol (located in Saratov), Zhytomyr | |||
(Zhitomir), Mogilev, Vilnius (Vilno), Kaunus (Kovno). | |||
=== Baptist Church Records === | === Baptist Church Records === | ||
Included with all of the people who lived in Russian Poland, a significant number were of German ancestry, some of whom were of the Baptist faith. These people moved into Poland from the German states and Prussia at least as early as the late 18th century, and somewhat continuously in large numbers until at least the 1870s. By about 1900, many of these people had left this area to move to present-day eastern Poland, Volhynia, or other places. It appears that a significant number never left Poland until at least World War II. | Included with all of the people who lived in Russian Poland, a significant number were of German ancestry, some of whom were of the Baptist faith. These people moved into Poland from the German states and Prussia at least as early as the late 18th century, and somewhat continuously in large numbers until at least the 1870s. By about 1900, many of these people had left this area to move to present-day eastern Poland, Volhynia, or other places. It appears that a significant number never left Poland until at least World War II. | ||
=== Lutheran Church Records === | === Lutheran Church Records === | ||