From: dkozak@cray.com (Darryn Kozak)
Subject: Re: Latin Anyone?
cc: dkozak@cray.com
In-reply-to: mark@walt.CS.MsState.Edu's message of 4 Oct 92 19:21:38 GMT
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to: mark@walt.CS.MsState.Edu
Date: 6 Oct 92 15:57:22 CDT

In article <1992Oct4.192138.1861@ra.msstate.edu> mark@walt.CS.MsState.Edu (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.

   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)

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

   --------------------
		2 Stamps: (marka 1 oplata stemplowa)

		Imperium Austriae             Dioecesis: Premislicusis
		Regnum Galiciae               Decanatus: Muszyniensis
		Districtus: Neo-Sandeceusis   Parochia:  Mityk

		Testimonium ortus et baptismi

		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.
		pag. 118   Nr. ser. 7.        sequentia reperiri: (blank)
		,,Anno Domini Millessimo
		,,hoc est 1886 die decimasexta (: 16 :) mensis Martii
		,,natus sub Nt. domus 40, et die 28 Martii 1886. ab R. Joano
		(another line totally obscured by a tear)

		Nomen baptisati     Religio   Sexus     Thorus
		---------------     -------   -----     ------
		Joannes             graeco-   Puer      Cigisimus
				    cath

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

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

		Z drukarni Romana Pisza w Nowym S??czu

   -----------

   Thanks
   Mark Rauscckolb
   mark@cs.msstate.edu

Mark,

Looks like a "certificate of birth and baptism" from Poland.  I have
one for my grandfather who immagrated to the USA from Poland.  

These are official (indicated by the stamps) copies of the documents,
not the originals.  When it came time for said immagrent to collect
social security payments (or whatever), they would send back to Poland
for proof of their birthdate.

They are a genealogists dream because they often contain references to
the person's parents and grandparents (as this one appears to).

I am willing to try and translate it for you, but it would be much
easier if you could send me a clean photocopy (or enlarged
photocopies) of the document.  I had a year of Latin in college, have
an English/Polish dictionary, Polish parish directory and maps, and a
book that tells how to interprate Polish church documents (really!).
No guarentees, but I'll try...

dk


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