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This collection includes images of a combination of church family register extractions and indexes for the district of Rhine Hesse-Palatinate (Rheinland Hessen-Pfalz) in Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz). Most image sets are arranged chronologically (by year of event) or alphabetically (by surname). | This collection includes images of a combination of church family register extractions and indexes for the district of Rhine Hesse-Palatinate (Rheinland Hessen-Pfalz) in Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz). Most image sets are arranged chronologically (by year of event) or alphabetically (by surname). | ||
=== Record Content<br> === | === Record Content<br> === | ||
The key genealogical facts found on most family registers include the following: | The key genealogical facts found on most family registers include the following: | ||
*Name of the ancestor, either as a parent or child | *Name of the ancestor, either as a parent or child [[Image:Germany_Ludwigshafen_Church_Record_Extractions_(09-0278)_Format_and_Symbols_DGS_4284476_4.jpg|thumb|right|Sample image of a family register card extraction from a parish in Ludwigshafen, Germany.]] | ||
*Names of the ancestor’s siblings, parents, grandparents | *Names of the ancestor’s siblings, parents, grandparents | ||
*Date of the ancestor’s birth | *Date of the ancestor’s birth | ||
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*Death dates of the ancestor’s siblings and parents | *Death dates of the ancestor’s siblings and parents | ||
*Information concerning emigration in the family | *Information concerning emigration in the family | ||
[[Image:Germany_Ludwigshafen_Church_Record_Extractions_(09-0278)_Card_Index_DGS_4284680_53.jpg|thumb|left|Sample image of another family register card extraction from a parish in Ludwigshafen, Germany.]][[Image:Germany_Ludwigshafen_Church_Record_Extractions_(09-0278)_DGS_4288048_1318.jpg|thumb|center|Sample image of another family register card extraction from a parish in Ludwigshafen, Germany.]] | |||
== Record History<br> == | == Record History<br> == | ||
Family registers may go back to the 1500s, when they began during the time of the Reformation. Because of wars, natural disasters, and accidents, many churches were destroyed, along with all or part of their records. Very few church records go back before 1650 because of the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648). Family registers were created with information from the parish register and should be used as a guide to search the actual church records for the ancestors’ christening, marriage, and burial information. The text in church family registers is written mainly in German. However, earlier text could be handwritten in Latin and after 1945 handwritten in Gothic script. The headings for the extracted information are in English. | Family registers may go back to the 1500s, when they began during the time of the Reformation. Because of wars, natural disasters, and accidents, many churches were destroyed, along with all or part of their records. Very few church records go back before 1650 because of the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648). Family registers were created with information from the parish register and should be used as a guide to search the actual church records for the ancestors’ christening, marriage, and burial information. The text in church family registers is written mainly in German. However, earlier text could be handwritten in Latin and after 1945 handwritten in Gothic script. The headings for the extracted information are in English. | ||