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=== Parish Chest Records [[Image:The Parish Chest.jpg|thumb|right]]  ===
=== Parish Chest Records [[Image:The_Parish_Chest.jpg|thumb|right|The Parish Chest]]  ===


Church records were kept in a chest (or strongbox) known as the [[Parish Chest Records|"parish chest." ]]Records other than the parish registers were called "parish chest records." Some of these records still exist from the 16th century, but many do not begin until the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. <br>
Church records were kept in a chest (or strongbox) known as the [[Parish Chest Records|"parish chest." ]]Records other than the parish registers were called "parish chest records." Some of these records still exist from the 16th century, but many do not begin until the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. <br>
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