User:SvareJM/Sandbox/Ireland, Laois, Portarlington, Thomas Philip Le Fanu, Registers Of The French Church Of Portarlington, Ireland - FamilySearch Historical Records

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This collection is an index to Registers of the French Church of Portarlington, Ireland, edited by Thomas Philip Le Fanu, and published by The Huguenot Society of London in 1908 as volume 19 of The Publications of the Huguenot Society of London. The society is now known as The Huguenot Society of Great Britain & Ireland. It contains baptisms, marriages, and burials of the French settlers in Portarlington, Ireland. The transcription of the church records are in French.

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Baptisms
 * Name of child
 * Date of birth
 * Date of baptism
 * Names of parents
 * Names of witnesses

Marriages
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 * Date of marriage
 * Names of parents

Burials
 * Name of deceased
 * Date of death
 * Date of burial
 * Resicence

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