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== Time Coverage==
== Time Coverage==
*In general, church records in Poland have been kept since the mid-1600s, although a few parishes have records dating from about 1548. Most parishes have records dating from at least the early 1700s.  
*In general, church records in Poland have been kept since the mid-1600s, although a few parishes have records dating from about 1548. Most parishes have records dating from at least the early 1700s.  
*Record-keeping requirements were limited at first to baptisms, marriages, and confession registers. The Pope Paul the 5th demanded from the priests to keep five sets of records: baptism, confirmation, marriage, death, and status animarum–list of parishioners.
*Catholics were the first to maintain church vital records, but Protestants followed soon after.
*Catholics were the first to maintain church vital records, but Protestants followed soon after.


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