Baptise Baptism records are an important source of genealogical information. In many countries, churches were the only institutions keeping records of baptisesbaptisms, and hence of births.

== The Baptise Baptism record == This record is normally a very short piece of text. However, important information can be learnt learned from it: name of child, date of baptisebaptism, date of birth, parents name' names, witnesses namenames, place of residence. Furthermore, from the signatures one can determine of that the parents/witnesses had basic schooling.

===Catholic churchChurch===The catholic church Catholic Church started the habit to keep registries for the sacraments of baptise baptism and marriage. This habit started in the 14th century in Italy and France. The oldest known registries are kept in the city of Geiry (France) and date from back to 1334.

The catholic church Catholic Church decided during the concily Council of Trenteon November 11, 11 novembre 1563 on the rules concerning the keeping of parish registries for baptises baptisms and marriages. Since 1614 also death records are also became obligatory. These dates are hence the earliest dates one can realistically attempt to obtain in the creation of a family tree.

Note that the introduction of a civil office occurs in general in the period following the French revolutionRevolution. These documents, [[birth certificate]]s, are in general more easy to track than baptise baptism records.

* the source where this record is inlocated

* father's name father * mother's name mother * child's name child* date of baptise baptism (and parish where it is performed)