Poland, Lublin Roman Catholic Church Books - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains images and an index of church books containing baptisms and births, marriages, burials, and deaths for the parishes in the Lublin Roman Catholic Dioceses of Poland. Births end in 1912, marriages in 1937, and deaths in 1982.

For a list of records by localities, document type and dates currently published in this collection click here to view the collection browse.

Reading These Records
These records are in Polish, Russian and Latin. 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
 * Russian Genealogical Word List
 * Reading Russian Handwritten Records
 * Latin Genealogical Word List
 * Key Words and Phrases in Latin 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.

Coverage Table
For a list of localities, event types, years covered, and the number of records in this collection, refer to Poland Lublin Roman Catholic Church Books - FamilySearch Historical Records Coverage Table.

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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

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