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=='''Lutheran (Evangelical) Church Records'''== | =='''Lutheran (Evangelical) Church Records'''== | ||
===Writing for Records=== | |||
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In 1832 Russia mandated keeping these records. Aside from Russian Poland, there were eight diocesan offices, one in St. Petersburg, one in Moscow, and six in the Baltic states. The registers were kept in German, until law of 1891 required that they be kept in Russian. Before the Russian revolution of 1917, there were 32 [https://www.revolvy.com/page/Evangelical-Lutheran-Church-of-Ingria Ingrian] parishes in St. Petersburg and the surrounding area founded in the beginning of 1600. The priests came from Finland and Sweden. The books were written in Finnish, Swedish and German. The transcripts in St. Petersburg for 1832-1885 have been microfilmed. | In 1832 Russia mandated keeping these records. Aside from Russian Poland, there were eight diocesan offices, one in St. Petersburg, one in Moscow, and six in the Baltic states. The registers were kept in German, until law of 1891 required that they be kept in Russian. Before the Russian revolution of 1917, there were 32 [https://www.revolvy.com/page/Evangelical-Lutheran-Church-of-Ingria Ingrian] parishes in St. Petersburg and the surrounding area founded in the beginning of 1600. The priests came from Finland and Sweden. The books were written in Finnish, Swedish and German. The transcripts in St. Petersburg for 1832-1885 have been microfilmed. | ||
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The unique situation for Russian Poland also applies to the Lutheran records. The vast majority of Lutheran Church members were Germans who had migrated there during the Partitions of the late 1700s. The records were also in Polish Napoleonic paragraph format until 1867 and Russian Cyrillic after that. It is important to note that registration of b/m/d was a civil obligation. Therefore, prior to the establishment of a Lutheran Church Parish in a given region, Lutherans would register their events at the nearest Roman Catholic Parish. | The unique situation for Russian Poland also applies to the Lutheran records. The vast majority of Lutheran Church members were Germans who had migrated there during the Partitions of the late 1700s. The records were also in Polish Napoleonic paragraph format until 1867 and Russian Cyrillic after that. It is important to note that registration of b/m/d was a civil obligation. Therefore, prior to the establishment of a Lutheran Church Parish in a given region, Lutherans would register their events at the nearest Roman Catholic Parish. | ||
A list of Lutheran Parishes along with relevant microfilm numbers for Russian Poland can be found on the [http://www.sggee.org/research/parishes/church_parishes/LutheransInRusPoland.html SGGEE website]. Many of these (especially from times prior to the introduction or Cyrillic) are being indexed in a Master Pedigree Database. It contains over 500,000 line items and is only available to members.<br> | A list of Lutheran Parishes along with relevant microfilm numbers for Russian Poland can be found on the [http://www.sggee.org/research/parishes/church_parishes/LutheransInRusPoland.html SGGEE website]. Many of these (especially from times prior to the introduction or Cyrillic) are being indexed in a Master Pedigree Database. It contains over 500,000 line items and is only available to members.<br> | ||
=='''Old Believer Church Records'''== | =='''Old Believer Church Records'''== | ||
Dissenters from Orthodoxy who refused to accept alterations of religious rituals and prayers. Civilian registration of birth and marriage by police mandated in 1874 for those who were born into Old Believer families. One copy was made and kept in the provincial administration - ''gubernskoye pravleniye''. | Dissenters from Orthodoxy who refused to accept alterations of religious rituals and prayers. Civilian registration of birth and marriage by police mandated in 1874 for those who were born into Old Believer families. One copy was made and kept in the provincial administration - ''gubernskoye pravleniye''. | ||