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parish register

paper register of births, marriages and deaths in various offices
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parish register

Summary

parish register ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (178 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • parish register is a type of historical document[2].
  • parish register is a type of vital record[3].
  • parish register is a type of metric book[4].
  • parish register is a type of Q58440655[5].
  • parish register is part of parish archive[6].
  • parish register's Commons category is recorded as Parish registers[7].
  • parish register comprises marriage certificate[8].
  • parish register comprises baptismal record[9].
  • parish register comprises burial record[10].
  • parish register's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • parish register's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • parish register's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia[13].
  • parish register's used by is recorded as genealogist[14].
  • parish register's different from is recorded as vital record[15].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include historical document[2], vital record[3], metric book[4], and Q58440655[5].

Use and Application

Components include marriage certificate[8], an identity document[16]; baptismal record[9]; and burial record[10]. parish register is part of parish archive[6]. Its used by is recorded as genealogist[14].

Why It Matters

parish register ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (178 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → parish archive
    Instance of → Q58440655
    Used by → genealogist
    Has part(s) → marriage certificate, baptismal record, burial record
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|16 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 17854, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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