My great-great-great-great grandmother, Cecylia Chotkowska was born in 1767 . Her sister, Julianna, was born in 1758 . The record of her baptism is record 36 for the year and the third record on this page of the Book of Baptisms of the Krasne Church 1755-1781.
The Baptismal Record for Julianna Chotkowska
Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record for Julianna Chotkowska – 1758 . Translated from the Latin, the record states:
36. Mosaki Rukle
I, Jacób Pilchowski Ca: Re: Lo: on the 21st of September, baptized an infant by the name of Julianna, the daughter of the Noble Andrzej Chotkowski and Marianna née Mosakowska his wife, a lawfully wedded couple . The Godparents in the Sacred Font were the Nobles Julianna Chotkowska and Slaski of the country home Szlazy.
One problem I have had while researching my Chotkowski ancestors is that the Krasne parish has another family with a similar name: Chełchowski . In the handwriting of the time, it’s sometimes difficult to tell the difference between the names since the letter T and the letter ł look similar, and the letter k sometimes looks like the letter combination ch . To make matters worse, At the time Andrzej and Marianna Chotkowski were having children, another couple, Andrzej and Marianna Chełchowski, were also having children.
In fact, before I realized there were two different surnames, I copied a large number of births from the indexes before I realized that the children in my list were born less than 9 months apart! It was then I realized I was dealing with two families with similar names.
Copyright © 2006 by Stephen J. Danko
