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== Confirmations [''Communicanten''] ==
=== Confirmations (''Communicanten'') ===


Catholics have their First Communion at age 6 or 7 and their Second Communion at age 12. Protestants have their confirmation at about age 15. Most confirmation registers merely list the names of those being confirmed and the confirmation date.  
Catholics have their First Communion at age 6 or 7 and their Second Communion at age 12. Protestants have their confirmation at about age 15. Most confirmation registers merely list the names of those being confirmed and the confirmation date.


== Marriages [''Trouwen'']  ==
== Marriages [''Trouwen'']  ==
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