On 25 Aug 1864, Rozalia Milewska, daughter of Julian Milewski and Małgorzata Niedziałkowska, was born in Mosaki Stara Wieś, okręg ciechanowski, gubernia płocka, Congress Kingdom of Poland. She was baptized in the parish church in Krasne, okręg ciechanowski, gubernia płocka, Congress Kingdom of Poland on 26 Aug 1864. Rozalia was my first cousin, three-times removed.
The Birth and Baptismal Record of Rozalia Milewska – 1864
SOURCE: Parafia pw. św. Jana Chrzciciela (Krasne, Powiat Ciechanowski, Gubernia Płockiej, Congress Kingdom of Poland), “Akta stanu cywilnego parafii rzym-kat w Krasnem pow. ciechanowski. Akta urodzeń, małżeństw, zgonów. 1864.
[Civil registrations of the Roman Catholic parish in Krasne, Powiat Ciechanów. Records of births, marriages, and deaths. 1864.],” entry 96, Rozalia Milewska, 26 Aug 1864; filmed as Kopie księg metrykalnych, 1808-1892; FHL INTL microfilm 0,702,796, item 5.
Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record of Rozalia Milewska – 1864. Translated from the Polish, the record reads:
Nr. 93. Mosaki Stara Wieś
It happened in the church-owned village of Krasne on the twenty-sixth day of August in the year one-thousand eight-hundred sixty-four at the hour of nine in the morning- Julian Milewski presented himself, owner of a part [of the village], twenty-three years of age, residing in Mosaki Stara Wieś, in the presence of Kajetan Rykowski, tavern owner, thirty-five years of age, and Antoni Niedziałkowski, owner of a part [of the village], fifty years of age, both residing in Mosaki Godacze, and he showed us a child of the female sex, stating that this [child] was born in Mosaki Stara Wieś yesterday at the hour of six in the afternoon of his wife Małgorzata Niedziałkowska twenty-four years of age. At Holy Baptism performed this day by the Reverend Ludwik Zawadzki, Vicar of the parish of Krasne, the child was given the name Rozalia, and the Godparents were the aforementioned Kajetan Rykowski and his Katarzyna Makonka. This document was read to the declarants and witnesses and then signed below by Us. The declarants and witnesses do not know how to write.-
    Reverend Jdzi Godlewski, Pastor of the parish of Krasne, maintaining
    the civil register-
In most of these Polish records, everyone named is listed as “noble” or “owner of a part of the village”. In this case, the Godfather is named as a tavern owner.
Copyright © 2008 by Stephen J. Danko
