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{{FamilySearch_Collection|CID=CID1636101 |title=France, Quimper et Léon Catholic Diocese, 1772-1909|location=France|}}<br> | {{FamilySearch_Collection|CID=CID1636101 |title=France, Quimper et Léon Catholic Diocese, 1772-1909|location=France|}}<br> | ||
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== Record Description == | == Record Description == | ||
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In 1539, François I issued the edict of Villers-Cotterêts, which required the Catholic Church to record baptisms. The Pope mandated that records be kept in 1563. In 1579 the edict of Blois required the church in France to register marriages and burials. In 1667, the Code Louis required that two copies of the registers be kept, with one deposited at the bailliage. Most parishes covered a single town or village. Large cities normally had multiple parishes. | In 1539, François I issued the edict of Villers-Cotterêts, which required the Catholic Church to record baptisms. The Pope mandated that records be kept in 1563. In 1579 the edict of Blois required the church in France to register marriages and burials. In 1667, the Code Louis required that two copies of the registers be kept, with one deposited at the bailliage. Most parishes covered a single town or village. Large cities normally had multiple parishes. | ||
Catholic parish records from 1772-1949 in the Quimper and Léon Diocese. | Catholic parish records from 1772-1949 in the Quimper and Léon Diocese. | ||
<br> French Catholic parish registers were created to record the church’s sacraments of baptism, marriage, and burial. | |||
French Catholic parish registers were created to record the church’s sacraments of baptism, marriage, and burial. | |||
French Catholic parish registers are extremely reliable sources for French family history.<br> | French Catholic parish registers are extremely reliable sources for French family history.<br> | ||
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When you copy information from a record, you should list where you found the information. This will help you or others to find the record again. It is also good to keep track of records where you did not find information, including the names of the people you looked for in the records. | When you copy information from a record, you should list where you found the information. This will help you or others to find the record again. It is also good to keep track of records where you did not find information, including the names of the people you looked for in the records. | ||
=== Citation Example for a Record Found in This Collection === | |||
"France, Quimper et Léon Catholic Diocese, 1772-1909," index and images, ''FamilySearch'' (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F3PS-CTY : accessed 20 April 2012), Henri Gaston Louis Marie Lemonnier, died 18 February 1905; Catholic parishes in Finistere. Parish records, Archives diocesaines de Quimper et Leon, France. | |||
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