Marginal Marriage Notation for Sabina Niedziałkowska

On Sabina Niedziałkowska’s Birth and Baptismal Record, there is a marginal notation of her marriage.  Usually, these marginal notations of marriage were made if the marriage took place in another parish.  This one, however, is a bit unusual, since the marriage took place in the same parish where Sabina was baptized.

Marginal Notation of Marriage for Sabina Niedziałkowska

Click on the link for a PDF copy of the marginal notation for the Marriage of Sabina Niedziałkowska.  The record, translated from Polish, states:

Sabina Niedziałkowska married Edward Nowakowski in Szwelice on the 14th of September in the year 1924

I, the Pastor of Szwelice, witness

Father [T. Hacyński]

The signature of the priest is difficult to read.  When transcribing documents, professional genealogists often enclose difficult-to-read words in square brackets to indicate that the transcription is uncertain.  If words within a document are completely illegible, transcribers may simply indicate the number of illegible words within square brackets thus:

[two words]

Square brackets are also used to enclose the transcriber’s notes within a transcription.