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''[[Germany Genealogy|Germany]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Church Records''' {{Germany-sidebar}} | ''[[Germany Genealogy|Germany]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Church Records''' {{Germany-sidebar}} | ||
''For information about records for non-Christian religions in Germany, go to the [[Germany Religious Records|Religious Records]] page.'' | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Church records are essential for pre-1876 German research. Since civil authorities in various areas of Germany not begin registering vital statistics to 1876 are church records often the only source of family information before that date. Church records are kept even after the introduction of the civil registry, but not the Family History Library microfilm many post-1875 church books. See Germany civil registration for more information on post-1875 sources. The practice of keeping parish registers evolved slowly. The first surviving German Protestant records are from 1524 at St. Sebald in Nürnberg. Lutheran churches in general began requiring baptism, marriage, and burial records around 1540; Catholics began in 1563. By 1650 most Reformed parishes began keeping records. | Church records are essential for pre-1876 German research. Since civil authorities in various areas of Germany not begin registering vital statistics to 1876 are church records often the only source of family information before that date. Church records are kept even after the introduction of the civil registry, but not the Family History Library microfilm many post-1875 church books. See Germany civil registration for more information on post-1875 sources. The practice of keeping parish registers evolved slowly. The first surviving German Protestant records are from 1524 at St. Sebald in Nürnberg. Lutheran churches in general began requiring baptism, marriage, and burial records around 1540; Catholics began in 1563. By 1650 most Reformed parishes began keeping records. | ||