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Lutheran church records kept in the public archives
Lutheran church records kept in the EELC congregations
Orthodox church records kept in the public archives
Other confessions' church records kept in the public archives
Koidula congregation in Siberia
Fragments of a parish register from an Estonian congregation Koidula in Siberia
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Parish registers are records containing birth, marriage and death entries in chronological order.
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Parish member lists are lists compiled according to manors, farms and families.
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Digitalised family history sources of the Latvian State Historical Archives

Personal name indexes of registers of parishioners

Register of years

Translations of typical record titles


Sünnimeetrika Parish register of births
Kirikuraamat. Sünnid, kihlad, mahakuulutused, abiellumised, surmad, armulaualised, leerilapsed. Parish register. Births, engagements, banns, marriages, deaths, communicants, confirmands.
Leerilaste nimekiri List of confirmands
Abielumeetrika Parish register of marriages
Surmameetrika Parish register of deaths
Personaalraamat. Saksa pihtkond Parish member list. German congregation
Personaalraamat. Eesti pihtkond Parish member list. Estonian congregation

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