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Civil registration is the vital records made by the government. Records of births, marriages, and deaths are commonly referred to as vital records because they refer to events in a person’s life. Civil registration records (zapisy cywilne) are an excellent source for information on names, dates, and places of births, marriages, and deaths. | Civil registration is the vital records made by the government. Records of births, marriages, and deaths are commonly referred to as vital records because they refer to events in a person’s life. Civil registration records (zapisy cywilne) are an excellent source for information on names, dates, and places of births, marriages, and deaths. | ||
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=== Format of Napoleonic Death Records in Polish === | === Format of Napoleonic Death Records in Polish === | ||
Death records contain description of the family relationships of the witnesses appearing, exact time and place of death, place of birth and parent's names. If the deceased was married, then the names of his or her spouse and of all living children were given. The cause of death was usually omitted; it was given if the person died as a result of an accident, e.g., drowning, a fall, or fire. Information given in the death record depended on the knowledge of the witnesses who came to report the death. | Death records contain description of the family relationships of the witnesses appearing, exact time and place of death, place of birth and parent's names. If the deceased was married, then the names of his or her spouse and of all living children were given. The cause of death was usually omitted if the person died of natural causes; it was given if the person died as a result of an accident, e.g., drowning, a fall, or fire. Information given in the death record depended on the knowledge of the witnesses who came to report the death. | ||
A. Place and date of registration of death. (Place is given with grammatical ending and the date and time of day are written out in Polish.) USE WORD LIST TO READ DATE.<br><br>''Działo się w parafii Źychlińskiej w roku tysiąc osemset<br>It came to pass in parish Źychlin in year thousand eight-hundred<br><br>''czterdziestiego dnia trzeciego marca o godzinie. . . . etc.''<br>forty (1840) (on) day third (of) March at hour. . . . etc.<br>'' | A. Place and date of registration of death. (Place is given with grammatical ending and the date and time of day are written out in Polish.) USE WORD LIST TO READ DATE.<br><br>''Działo się w parafii Źychlińskiej w roku tysiąc osemset<br>It came to pass in parish Źychlin in year thousand eight-hundred<br><br>''czterdziestiego dnia trzeciego marca o godzinie. . . . etc.''<br>forty (1840) (on) day third (of) March at hour. . . . etc.<br>'' | ||
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Births, marriages, and deaths were written in the civil registration records as they occurred and thus are arranged chronologically. Where available, indexes can help you find your ancestor more easily. Although registration took place in local towns, copies of the records may have been sent to archives. Some records include a yearly index at the end. | Births, marriages, and deaths were written in the civil registration records as they occurred and thus are arranged chronologically. Where available, indexes can help you find your ancestor more easily. Although registration took place in local towns, copies of the records may have been sent to archives. Some records include a yearly index at the end. | ||
If searching for a Jewish ancestor, the database "Jewish Records Indexing - Poland" at [http://jri-poland.org/ http://jri-poland.org/] is a good starting point. The database has approximately four million records and can be searched in several ways, such as entering a surname and a town name. Due to spelling errors, a "Sounds Like" search is usually more productive than an "is Exactly" search. The results are sorted by the location of the event and by the source of the data. "LDS" indicates that the records have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library. For these records, the database frequently contains the record number and film number, so the records can be found easily. "PSA" indicates that the records are available from a branch of the Polish State Archives. | |||
== Records at the Family History Library == | == Records at the Family History Library == | ||