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2007/08/30 18:31:43
Heiko Ahlers
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2007/08/30 16:54:39
Heiko Ahlers
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2007/08/26 02:35:07
Bill HINTE
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Bruce Kuennen
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Re: [OL] Visbek towns and areas

Date: 2007/08/30 18:36:41
From: Bobbi <bobbidoll123(a)gmail.com> 

David,

Just so you know, in the U.S. the Episcopal Church refers to each of it's
congregations as a parish.

Bobbi

On 8/30/07, David Harfst <Genealogy(a)harfstfamily.org> wrote:
>
> As a follow up to that, does the word "Gemeinde" refer to a governmental
> division?
>
> In the U.S., with the exception of the state of Louisiana, I believe,
> the only time I've heard the word "parish" used is in regards to the
> Catholic Church, in which case it is a geographic division of the
> Church's organization, and is completely independent of the the state's
> internal divisions that are usually referred to as a "county".
>