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== Church Records == | == Church Records General Information == | ||
The Church acted as both a religious and civil agent in recording vital events and church sacraments such as baptism and burial. Peter the Great mandated the keeping of Orthodox books in 1722. The format was standardized in 1724. Printed forms were introduced in 1806. In 1838 a format was introduced that prevailed until 1920 when civil registration began. The priest made a transcript for the ecclesiastical court (''dukhovnaia konsistoriia'') having jurisdiction. Old Believer and Baptist transcripts were sent to the provincial administration (''gubernskoe upravlenie''). The distinction between the original and the transcript is often ignored by Belarusian record keepers. | |||
Time period: Orthodox, 1722; Greek Catholic, 1796; Roman Catholic, 1613 (transcripts begin in 1826); Evangelical/other Protestant, 1641(transcripts begin in 1833); Old Believers, 1874; Baptists, 1879–all to about 1930. | Time period: Orthodox, 1722; Greek Catholic, 1796; Roman Catholic, 1613 (transcripts begin in 1826); Evangelical/other Protestant, 1641(transcripts begin in 1833); Old Believers, 1874; Baptists, 1879–all to about 1930. | ||
Population coverage: 70% coverage for early periods, 90% from about 1830 through the destruction of most churches in the 1930s, 50% among minority religions and dissident groups such as Old Believers and Baptists.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Belarus,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2002.</ref> | Population coverage: 70% coverage for early periods, 90% from about 1830 through the destruction of most churches in the 1930s, 50% among minority religions and dissident groups such as Old Believers and Baptists.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Belarus,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2002.</ref> | ||
== | ==Records in National Archives== | ||
From the [http://archives.gov.by/home/genealogiya '''"Genealogy"'''] page of the National Archives of Belarus: "The Belarusian archives store a large number of documents that can be used in genealogical research, are of interest for the restoration of pedigrees (metric books, revision tales, accounting documents of various departments, classes, nationalities, etc.). | |||
Mostly these documents are in the National Historical Archive of Belarus in Minsk (on the territory of the former Minsk, Mogilev, Vitebsk and partially Grodno provinces of the Russian Empire) and in the National Historical Archive of Belarus in Grodno (mainly on the territory of the Grodno and partially Vilna provinces ) | |||
Genealogy materials are also available in the archives of civil registration authorities (civil registry offices)) Information on genealogy requests can be found on the website of the National Historical Archive of Belarus in Minsk on the Services page and in the National Historical Archive of Belarus in Grodno, whose contact information is available on our website. | |||
Currently, the site provides information regarding metric books , revision tales , documents on the genealogy of the nobility , documents of the genealogical nature of state regional archives.<ref>"Genealogy", National Archives of Belarus, http://archives.gov.by/home/genealogiya, accessed 17 April 2020.</ref> | |||
For the convenience of users who are interested in genealogy, the search engine “Dapamozhnik” and background information on the administrative-territorial division of Belarus have been developed . | |||
'''Orthodox and Uniate (Greek Catholic) Parish Records:''' | '''Orthodox and Uniate (Greek Catholic) Parish Records:''' | ||