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=== Abjurations from Protestantism (Abjurations) === | === Abjurations from Protestantism (Abjurations) === | ||
During times of persecution, especially in 1685, some French Protestants were forced to renounce their religion and convert to the Roman Catholic Church. The records of their abjurations show the name, age, occupation, and residence. You may also identify parents, spouses, or children in some of these records. | During times of persecution, especially in 1685, some French Protestants were forced to renounce their religion and convert to the Roman Catholic Church. The records of their abjurations show the name, age, occupation, and residence. You may also identify parents, spouses, or children in some of these records. | ||
=== Convent records (Registres des monastères, couvents, abbayes, évêchés) === | |||
Content: Names and genealogies of clergy and members of religious orders, record of clerical taxes, land records, wills, inheritance and judicial records of laity. | |||
== Locating Church Records == | == Locating Church Records == | ||