The collection of the register books in the archives of the Roman Catholic churches in the Lublin region. Part 1 Cover Image

Zasób ksiąg metrykalnych w archiwach parafii rzymskokatolickich Lubelszczyzny. Część I.
The collection of the register books in the archives of the Roman Catholic churches in the Lublin region. Part 1

Author(s): Piotr Rachwał
Subject(s): History, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Theology and Religion
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Teologii
Keywords: a parish archive; register books; the Lublin region; inventorying; an archival collection

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the effects of research conducted in the years 2012-2015 in 60 archives of the Roman Catholic parishes in the Lublin region. Its aim was, among others, to catalogue all the preserved register books whose entries started before December 1900. Similar attempts were made at the beginning of the 20th century, and Henryk Wiercieński was one of the precursors in this field. In the region under investigation, register books were based on three types of forms in the period from the 16th to the 19th centuries. In the Old Polish period, a Tridentine form was used, in the years 1797-1810 – an Austrian form, and from August 1810 onwards – so-called Polish form. An annexe to the following study includes the list of the preserved register books of seven parishes. The rest of the material will be

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 109
  • Page Range: 315-346
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: Polish