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of births or baptisms, marriages, and deaths or burials. Few of these registers are extant, and all that survive have been published. Each | of births or baptisms, marriages, and deaths or burials. Few of these registers are extant, and all that survive have been published. Each | ||
parish also was required to keep minutes of the meetings of the vestry as a record of the administrative affairs of the church. Such vestry | parish also was required to keep minutes of the meetings of the vestry as a record of the administrative affairs of the church. Such vestry | ||
books generally do not contain vital statistics. The [https://www.worldcat.org/title/hornbook-of-virginia-history/oclc/1360353 '''''"Hornbook of Virginia History"'''' contains convenient cross-referenced lists of parishes of the | books generally do not contain vital statistics. The [https://www.worldcat.org/title/hornbook-of-virginia-history/oclc/1360353 '''''"Hornbook of Virginia History"''''] contains convenient cross-referenced lists of parishes of the | ||
established church of Virginia between 1607 and 1785. | established church of Virginia between 1607 and 1785. | ||
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