France, Coutances et d'Avranches Diocese, Inquiries of Consanguinity - FamilySearch Historical Records: Difference between revisions

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== What is in This Collection? ==                     

This collection will include records from 1597 to 1818.<br>   

   

The collection consists of images of Catholic registers of inquiries of consanguinity (registres des enquêtes de consanguinité) from the Diocese of Coutances et d'Avranches. It includes both a chronological index and original inquiry records (1597-1792). Parishes within this diocese are within the boundaries of the department of Manche and the former province of Normandy, France.   

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