From: perkins@MSUPA.PA.MSU.EDU
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: Re: Latin Anyone?
Date: 7 Oct 92 04:45:29 GMT
Reply-To: perkins@MSUPA.PA.MSU.EDU
Organization: MSU Dept. of Physics & Astronomy

Mark Rauschkolb writes:

> I have the following Document, which looks like a Certificate of Baptism.
> It looks like latin to me, but I don't know latin so it could be something
> else.         ^^^^^
Correct (except for the header and footer).  As a diversion, I have
translated it and include it below.

> It looks like Joannes was born 16 March 1886 and baptized 28 March 1886.
> The towm name looks like Andrejiwka.  Can anybody tell me the church
> name, and what Mityk might be? (Parochia: Mityk)

Parochia = Parish. Mityk is probably the town name, or the name of a
section of a town, while Andrejiwka is labeled a village (or perhaps an
estate, but that's less likely).

> Document has been folded in half then into thirds, the ??? are where
> I could not make out letters ( and others may be missing completely)

I've tried to account for these, and to correct, either explicitly or
implicitly probable transcription errors.

> --------------------
>              2 Stamps: (marka 1 oplata stemplowa)
>
>              Imperium Austriae             Dioecesis: Premislicusis
>              Regnum Galiciae               Decanatus: Muszyniensis
>              Districtus: Neo-Sandeceusis   Parochia:  Mityk

Empire of Austria, Kingdom of Galicia, District of Neusandez
  Galicia : a region now in southern Poland and western Ukraine
  Neusandez : now called Nowy Sacz, about 75 km SE of Krakow, Poland

Diocese of Przemysl, Deanery of Muszyna, Parish of Mityk.
  Przemysl : city in SE Poland, site of a Greek-Catholic (Ruthenian Rite)
           bishopric established circa 1691, presumably the closest one
           (there were closer Roman Catholic dioceses; Krakow, for example)
  Muszyna and Mityk are too small to detect in the references I have (and the
  spellings may have changed somewhat since the 1880s), but finding a good
  history of the area near Nowy Sacz or a good map may help to pin them down.

>              Testimonium ortus et baptismi

Witness of birth and baptism

>              Off??? parochiale ecclesiae gr. cath U Cosmae el Damiani in
>              Mityk omnibus et singulis quorum interest aut interesse
>              poterit praesentbus testatur, in libro metrices babtisatorum
>              pro pago-Andrejiwka destinato tomo, II.

(From/by the office) of the Greek Catholic Parish Church (of Cosma and
Damian? -- probably the Church's name; someone familiar with Greek Catholic
saints' names may know the typical English spellings for these) in Mityk
for all together and separately of whoever are interested or will be able
to be interested it is attested by those present, (these were) set down in
the book of baptisms for Andrejiwka-village in the established volume 2.

>              pag. 118   Nr. ser. 7.        sequentia reperiri: (blank)

Page 118, serial number 7 (presumably the 7th entry on the page, or some
similar measure of placement on the page), found following : (apparently it
was thought that the other information was sufficient to find the item;
this may have been used for cases where the entries were not very clear)

>              ,,Anno Domini Millessimo
>              ,,hoc est 1886 die decimasexta (: 16 :) mensis Martii

In the uncountable year of the Lord that is 1886 on the 16th day of the
month of March

>              ,,natus sub Nt. domus 40, et die 28 Martii 1886. ab R. Joano

born under (nature?) at home 40 [this must be either a typo or "slang"]
and on the day 28 March 1886 by R. Joano (Rector John??).

>              (another line totally obscured by a tear)
>
>              Nomen baptisati     Religio   Sexus     Thorus
>              ---------------     -------   -----     ------
>              Joannes             graeco-   Puer      Cigisimus
>                                  cath

Baptismal Name : John (or the local-language equivalent)
Religion: Greek Catholic
Sex: Boy
(not clear just what the rightmost column means -- the spellings are not
standard Latin, but it seems to be something to do with some object being
surrounded by another; a wild guess that it may have something to do with
the fact that he was born in wedlock is the best I can do here, based on
some medieval Latin usages, but I could easily be wrong)

>              Parentes                                Patrini Annotatio
>              Pater                 Mater
>              --------------------  -------------------  ------------

               Parents                                 Notation of
               Father                Mother            Godparent

>              Basilius Hotowacz     Pelagia Jilia Lucae  Josephus ?umalik,
>              agricola loci ?ilius  Tychanskyj et Annae  ludi magister
>              Michael Hotowacz S    natae Andrejowska,   in Andrejiwka
>              Helenae ?atae         agricolarum in       et
>              Semery ak agricolar   Andrejiwka           Anna, uxor
>              Andrejiwka                                 Joannis Jmau
>                                                         custodis viae
>                                                         ferrariae in
>                                                         Andrejiwka

(making some guesses for the ?'s and some apparent typos [Jilia=filia] :)

      Basil/Vasily Hotowacz        Pelagia daughter of    Joseph ?umalik,
      farmer of this place son     Lucas Tychansky and    schoolmaster in
      of Michael Hotowacz & Helen  Anna born Andrejowska, Andrejiwka and
      born Semery (Semeryak?)      farmers in Andrejiwka  Anna, wife of
      farmers of Andrejiwka                               John Jmau, warden
                                                          of the railway(*)
                                                          in Andrejiwka
                                                          (* road of iron)

>              In quorum fidem has testimoniales literas s?gillo ecclesiae
>              munitas manu propria subscribo.
>              Datum Mityk die 22 Martii 1922

In faith of those whose attesting letters secured by the seal of the
church,  I sign in my own hand.  Given at Mityk on the day 22 March 1922.

>              Z drukarni Romana Pisza w Nowym S??czu

Not in Latin, but I'd be willing to bet that "Nowym S??czu" has something
to do with the city/district of Nowy Sacz (Neusandez while under Austria).

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