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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Birth and Baptismal Record for Pawel Da\u0144ko<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n SOURCE: Roman Catholic Parish of the Immaculate Heart of the Most Holy Virgin Mary, Dubiecko, Poland. Liber Natorum et Baptisatorum (Book of Births and Baptisms). 1799. Text in Latin, translated by Stephen J. Danko.<\/em><\/p>\n Click on the link for a PDF<\/a> copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record for Pawel Da\u0144ko .\u00a0 The record, translated from the Latin, states:<\/p>\n Note that the house number for Pawel is the same as that for Maciej: 161 .\u00a0 House numbers are a good way to verify that the individuals named in the records are part of the same family group.<\/p>\n The church records in Galicia were almost never indexed .\u00a0 House numbers provide a quick way to find records for individuals in the same family group because the researcher can quickly scan the House Number column instead of reading each name.<\/p>\n Notice, too, that the mother’s maiden name in this record is spelled Jedle\u0144ska, but is spelled Jedli\u0144ska in Maciej’s record .\u00a0 Other spelling differences between the records include Marianna \/ Marjanna and Makowska \/ Markoska.<\/p>\n The parents and Godparents named in these records probably could not read or write and probably didn’t know how to spell their own names .\u00a0 The duty of correctly spelling the names was up to the priest, and different priests often spelled the names differently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My great-great grandfather, Pawel Da\u0144ko, was born in 1799 .\u00a0 Pawel was the older brother of Maciej Da\u0144ko, whose Birth and Baptismal Record I showed yesterday .\u00a0 Pawel’s baptism is recorded as the last record on this page from the … Continue reading \n