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Parish Registers[edit | edit source]
Research use: Uniquely identifies individuals and connects those in one generation to the next.
Record type: Church records kept by religious authorities of births/baptisms, marriages, and deaths/burials.
General: The compilation and preservation of church records is random.
Time period: 1838-present.
Contents: Names of the person and other family members, residence, relationships, dates and place of birth and baptism, marriage, death and burial. Sometimes, baptisms include names of godparents; marriages include the ages of the bride and groom; burials include the age of the deceased and cause of death.
Location: Churches and ecclesiastical archives. These locations need to be more fully investigated.
Population coverage: 10% coverage for early periods; 50% coverage for the 20th century.
Reliability: High.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Polynesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2000.