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If your request is unsuccessful, search for duplicate records that may have been filed in other archives, church registers, or in civil registration offices. | If your request is unsuccessful, search for duplicate records that may have been filed in other archives, church registers, or in civil registration offices. | ||
==Reading the Records== | ==Reading the Records== | ||
Most Catholic records were written in Latin until the 1800s. Protestant records were usually written in German. Local dialects may have affected the spelling of some names and other words in the church records. In German areas under French domination during the early nineteenth century, many church records were kept in French. Sometimes the records combine two languages. | |||
=== Feast Dates === | === Feast Dates === | ||
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*[[German Research Troubleshooting Strategies|'''German Research Troubleshooting Strategies''']] | *[[German Research Troubleshooting Strategies|'''German Research Troubleshooting Strategies''']] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||