Federal Rule of Evidence 803(11) or a comparable State rule creates a hearsay exception for regularly-kept records of religious organizations showing births, deaths, legitimacy, ancestry, relationship by blood, or other similar personal or family history.

Contributed in 2009 & last edited in 2009 by Peter Tillers
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