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Research procedures and genealogical sources are different for each religion. It is helpful to understand the historical events that led to the creation of records your family was listed in, such as parish registers. | Research procedures and genealogical sources are different for each religion. It is helpful to understand the historical events that led to the creation of records your family was listed in, such as parish registers. | ||
=== The following timeline shows important dates concerning church record-keeping in Poland: === | |||
'''1563''' The Roman Catholic council of Trent required Catholic parishes throughout Europe to record baptisms and marriages. Few Polish parishes complied until the 1590s. | |||
'''1565''' The parish priests were asked to make at the end of each year the extracts of the previous year’s records and to send them to the bishop, whose responsibility was to keep them at his archive. | |||
'''1614 '''A revised church proclamation repeated the order to keep church books and added a requirement to maintain death registers. Many more parishes complied. | |||
'''1781''' The Austrian Empire recognized religious rights of non-Catholics with the Edict of Toleration. | |||
'''1784''' The Austrian Empire began requiring civil transcripts of church records under Catholic supervision. | |||
'''1794''' Prussia introduced civil transcripts of church records. | |||
'''1807''' Duchy of Warsaw established under jurisdiction of Napoleon’s French Empire. Expanded to the Grand Duchy of Warsaw in 1809. | |||
'''1808 '''Napoleon’s civil code introduced. Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths were to be kept in the Duchy of Warsaw written in Polish language. Catholic clergy were generally responsible for making transcripts of their church records for the state, including records of the Protestants and Jews. | |||
'''1827''' Revision of the civil transcript law of Congress Poland let Protestants and Jews keep their own vital records. | |||
'''1830s''' Protestants and Jews in Austria, including those of the Polish area of Galicia, were allowed to keep their own civil transcripts of vital records. The practice was standardized by 1840. | |||
'''1868 '''Russian law required civil transcripts throughout Congress Poland be kept in Russian language. | |||
'''1918 '''The Republic of Poland was created, reuniting Polish territory. Laws regarding keeping vital records were gradually standardized throughout the republic. | |||
=== Roman Catholic (rzymsko-katolicki) === | === Roman Catholic (rzymsko-katolicki) === | ||
The Roman Catholic faith was accepted in Poland in A.D. 966 (the date considered to be the founding of Poland) and became the predominant faith in Poland by 1573. Although Protestantism made some inroads in the 1700s, Catholicism has remained the dominant religion of Poland. | The Roman Catholic faith was accepted in Poland in A.D. 966 (the date considered to be the founding of Poland) and became the predominant faith in Poland by 1573. Although Protestantism made some inroads in the 1700s, Catholicism has remained the dominant religion of Poland. | ||
=== Greek Catholic (grecko-katolicki) === | === Greek Catholic (grecko-katolicki) === | ||