The parish records were maintained according to a fairly strict set of rules which included the content of the record, the language in which the record was to be maintained, and prohibitions against erasing entries .\u00a0 If the registrar noticed an error in the entry, he made a notation in the margin and marked both the error in the text and the marginal entry with either a forwards or backwards “F”.\u00a0 An example of this type of marginal entry was noted in the Birth and Baptismal Record for Jan Markiewicz<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Birth and Baptismal Record of J\u00f3zef Niedzia\u0142kowski<\/a> included two marginal notations.<\/p>\n Marginal Marriage Notations in the Birth Record of J\u00f3zef Niedzia\u0142kowski<\/p><\/div>\n SOURCE: Roman Catholic Parish of Saint John the Baptist (Szwelice, Mak\u00f3w Powiat, \u0141om\u017ca Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland), Civil Registrations of the Parish of Szwelice for the Year 1897,\u201d folio 130 recto, entry 42, birth and baptismal record for J\u00f3zef Niedzia\u0142kowski, recorded 16 May 1897; filmed as Kopie ksi\u0119g metrykalnych, 1693-1904, Akta urodze\u0144 1897-1900; FHL INTL microfilm 2,102,501, item 7.<\/p>\n Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Marginal Marriage Notations for J\u00f3zef Niedzia\u0142kowski<\/a>.\u00a0 The marginal entries, translated from the Polish (although the original document is written in Russian) state:<\/p>\n J\u00f3zef Niedzia\u0142kowski contracted a marital union with the widow J\u00f3zefa Ko\u0142akowska from Pomaski in Szelk\u00f3w on the 28th of January 1928 J\u00f3zef Niedzia\u0142kowski, a widower, contracted a marital union in Szelk\u00f3w on the 12th of July 1934 with Anastazja Che\u0142chowska My grandfather’s brother, J\u00f3zef, was married twice, once to a widow, and then after this wife’s death, J\u00f3zef married again.\u00a0 Both times, the marriage took place in Szelk\u00f3w, not in Szwelice where J\u00f3zef was born.<\/p>\n Copyright \u00a9 2006 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Marginal notations on Polish Church Records were made for a number of reasons including: Correction of errors Legitimization of out-of-wedlock births Adoptions Records of marriage Records of death The parish records were maintained according to a fairly strict set of … Continue reading ![\"Marginal](\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/CRB-Niedzialkowski-Jozef-1897-Marginal-Notes.jpg\")
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\nPastor of Szwelice, The Reverend Godlewski<\/p>\n
\nI testify, Pastor of Szwelice, Reverend S. Che\u0142mi\u0144ski<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n