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Church records are often called church books or churches books or parish registers. They contain records of '''births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials.''' In addition, church records can contain financial account books, (the record charges for toll bells, fees for masses for the dead, and so on), lists of confirmation, penance register communion lists, lists of members and the family register. | Church records are often called church books or churches books or parish registers. They contain records of '''births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials.''' In addition, church records can contain financial account books, (the record charges for toll bells, fees for masses for the dead, and so on), lists of confirmation, penance register communion lists, lists of members and the family register. | ||
Church records also often contain information on local minority faith populations. For example often Evangelisch Registers in West Prussia are also populated with Mennonite data, when Mennonites lived in those regions. | |||
In many regions, it was also common for the local church records to function in the role of Civil Registries. This is especially true in the further Eastern regions (ie. West Prussia, East Prussia). | |||
===History=== | ===History=== | ||
*The practice of keeping parish registers evolved slowly. | *The practice of keeping parish registers evolved slowly. | ||
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*deceased's birth date and place and | *deceased's birth date and place and | ||
*parents' names | *parents' names | ||
Information about parents, birth dates, and birthplaces may be inaccurate, depending on the informant's knowledge. | |||
Information about parents, birth dates, and birthplaces may be inaccurate, depending on the informant's knowledge. | |||
'''Funeral sermons:'''If the burial record mentions a sermon, you may be able to find a printed copy at a local library or archive.''' Funeral sermons''' often mentioned several generations of ancestors. See [[Germany Obituaries|Germany Obituaries]] for more details. | '''Funeral sermons:'''If the burial record mentions a sermon, you may be able to find a printed copy at a local library or archive.''' Funeral sermons''' often mentioned several generations of ancestors. See [[Germany Obituaries|Germany Obituaries]] for more details. | ||
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Protestants were usually confirmed around age 14, Catholics about age 12. Some confirmation registers merely list: | Protestants were usually confirmed around age 14, Catholics about age 12. Some confirmation registers merely list: | ||
*the names of those being confirmed and | *the names of those being confirmed and | ||
*the confirmation date. | *the confirmation date. | ||
Other confirmation registers give additional information about those being confirmed, including: | Other confirmation registers give additional information about those being confirmed, including: | ||
*their ages or birth dates, | *their ages or birth dates, | ||
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*[[German Research Troubleshooting Strategies|'''German Research Troubleshooting Strategies''']] | *[[German Research Troubleshooting Strategies|'''German Research Troubleshooting Strategies''']] | ||
*[http://www.many-roads.com/library/prussia-histories/records-possibilities/ '''Finding Genealogy Records from the former German East'''] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||