Poland, Częstochowa Roman Catholic Church Books - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes records from 1226-1950. The collection contains images and an index of church books containing baptisms and births, marriages, burials, and deaths for the parishes in the Czestochowa Roman Catholic Dioceses of Poland. Births and marriages end in 1912, and deaths in 1982.

For a list of records by localities, document type and dates currently published in this collection, select the Browse link from the collection landing page.

Reading These Records
These records are in Polish. For help reading these records see the following guides:
 * Poland Language and Languages
 * Polish Genealogical Word List
 * FamilySearch Learning Center videos:
 * Reading Polish Handwritten Records

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:

Baptismal
 * Name of child
 * Name of parents
 * Date of birth
 * Child’s gender
 * Date of baptism

Marriage
 * Name and age of bride and groom
 * Names of bride’s parents
 * Names of groom’s parents
 * Date of marriage

Death
 * Name and age of deceased
 * Names of parents or spouse
 * Date of death
 * Gender of deceased

Collection Content
For additional details about the history of these records and help using them, see the wiki article Poland, Roman Catholic Church Books (FamilySearch Historical Records).

View the Images
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 * 1) Select Province
 * 2) Select Place
 * 3) Select Event/Years to view the images.

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Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in Poland.
 * Record Finder
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 * Collection Citation: "Poland, Częstochowa Roman Catholic Church Books, 1226-1950." Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. Archiwum Archidiecezji Częstochowskiej (Czestochowa Archdiocese Archives, Czestochowa).

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