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Guide to locating church records for ancestry, family history, and genealogy research.
Guide to locating church records for ancestry, family history, and genealogy research.


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==What Church Records Are==
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==What are church records?==
*Church records are a valuable source for proving the dates and places of births, marriages, and deaths and the '''identity and relationships of family members'''. Births are verified by infant christening/baptism records. Marriages were performed by churches and burial records verify deaths. Some countries organized information in family registers, much like a family group sheet.
*Church records are a valuable source for proving the dates and places of births, marriages, and deaths and the '''identity and relationships of family members'''. Births are verified by infant christening/baptism records. Marriages were performed by churches and burial records verify deaths. Some countries organized information in family registers, much like a family group sheet.
*Church records are extremely important for documenting births, marriages, and deaths that took place before government or civil registration began. In some regions, it was also common for the local church records to function in the role of government civil registries.  
*Church records are extremely important for documenting births, marriages, and deaths that took place before government or civil registration began. In some regions, it was also common for the local church records to function in the role of government civil registries.  
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*Scandinavian Lutheran church records kept census records, which in addition to listing basic family information, could include birth dates and the names of  parishes moved from or moved to.
*Scandinavian Lutheran church records kept census records, which in addition to listing basic family information, could include birth dates and the names of  parishes moved from or moved to.


==What can you find in church records?==
==Information in and Types of Church Records==
Some types of records created by different denominiations include:<br>
===Baptisms===
===Baptisms===
Children were usually baptized a few days after birth. Baptism registers usually give:
Children were usually baptized a few days after birth. Baptism registers usually give:
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*fathers' names.
*fathers' names.


==How do you find church records?==
==How Find Church Records==
===Sidebar Links to Wiki Articles===
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<center> <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''See the links to church records in the right sidebar in this typical Wiki main page.'''</span><center>
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===Links to United States Articles by Religion===
Outside the United States, most countries had a '''state religion''', which cooperated with the government in keeping records. Because the United States separated church and state, many different religions evolved, kept records, and sometimes did not. These links lead to available records kept by these multiple religions. These provide links to nationwide archives and collections. '''You should still study the state church records pages fof information on records kept uniquely for that state.'''
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===Online Genealogical Records Pages===
On the main page for each U.S. State page and country page, a blue button leads to a listing of '''online record collections.'''


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<center> <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''Look for the blue button on each state and'''<br>''' country main page to link to the Online Genealogy Records page.'''</span><center>
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<center> <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''A typical Online Genealogy Records page. '''<br>'''European records are generally more prolific. '''<br>'''Notice that church census that is available.'''
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*'''Also, all the available Online Genealogy Records pages are linked at''' [[Online Genealogy Records by Location|'''Online Genealogy Records by Location.''']]
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===FamilySearch Catalog===
*Church Records collected by FamilySearch, usually digitized and online, are listed in the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch catalog'''.] Enter the name of the country in the "Place Field" and click "Search". A list of record categories will be provided. Select "Census".
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