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The earliest recorded Birth and Baptismal Record that I’ve found for any of my ancestors was that for Cecylia Chotkowska, recorded in 1767.  However, I’ve found her parents’ Marriage Record, making this marriage record the earliest record that I’ve yet found for any of my ancestors.

The Marriage Record of Andrzej Chotkowski & Marianna Mossakowska

The entire page, shown above, contains one marriage and a whole lot of deaths (on the right-hand side of the page).  Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Marriage Record.

I wasn’t able to translate the entire record.  Some of the words were illegible, crossed out, or not in my dictionaries.  Nonetheless, I can understand the basic information in the record.  This record states that:

• The marriage of Andrzej Chotkowski and Marianna Mossakowska took place in the village of Rukle
• Karol Kucharski from the Krasne Parish officiated at the wedding
• The wedding took place on February 13, 174[1]
• The witnesses were Józef Milewski, Paweł Krepki and Antoni Krepki

I am not completely certain that the wedding took place in Rukle.  It may have taken place in the church in Krasne, while the bride and groom may have lived in Rukle.  The exact year of the marriage is illegible, but looks like 1741.  The witnesses all appear to be men, but I’m not familiar with the ending at the end of the first names of two of the witnesses - their first names appear to end in ”y” and I’m not sure why.  The final line of the document refers to “verbatum” but I can’t understand the rest of the sentence, except for a reference to the priest.

My Latin dictionary doesn’t include words from Church Latin, so I think a dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin will be one of my next genealogy purchases.  I also need to take another look at these records.  Perhaps some of the other marriage records from this time and place will help me decipher the rest of the document.

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