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A transcript (duplicate) was made for state purposes.
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The parish register thus became the official register of births, marriages, and deaths. Catholic parish registers were designated as state records and a standardized Latin columnar form was issued. Then, in 1784, an edict by the emperor Joseph II required the Catholic clergy to make civil transcripts of church records. Austria introduced laws in 1782 establishing Catholic priests as civil registrars. In the Austrian Partition (1784-1918) Īustria took possession of the southern part of Poland in 1772. You can use these duplicates where available to supplement parish registers that are missing or illegible.
#The settlers wiki pl registration
These records were a form of civil registration and included non-Catholics entries. Civil transcripts were made of most church records in Poland after the 1790s. In 1704, because of concerns about destruction, some parishes began making copies of their church books.