[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Missing Records

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In Poland in the 1850's (then part of Russia), there was a requirement to record all vital statistics (births marriages and deaths) at the local civil registry.  However, instead of appointing and paying separate civil servants to take care of this, the authorities "deputized" the local pastors and / or priests to perform this duty for their congregants.  If there was no parish for a given religious persuasion, then the people would register these events at the local Catholic Church.  The priest there would record the event and add text to the effect that these people were Lutheran, Baptist, and so forth.

I have found several "lost" people by looking in the local Catholic Church records.

    -Paul


-----Original Message-----
From: B Hirsekorn <tggrtime at yahoo.ca>
To: ger-poland-volhynia <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Tue, Apr 2, 2013 2:40 pm
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Missing Records


In 1850's Poland with births, marriages and deaths recorded
by a church. Who recorded these events if a person did not belonged or attended
any church? Were they recorded at all or are these people missing from being
listed anywhere? 

Would this be the reason I cannot find records to confirm
information in family stories?Betty 
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