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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Birth and Baptismal Record for Stanis\u0142aw Niedzia\u0142kowski<\/em><\/p>\n Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record for Stanislaw Niedzia\u0142kowski – 1902<\/a>.\u00a0 Translated from the Russian, the record states:<\/p>\n \u00e2\u201e\u2013 30 .\u00a0 Pomaski<\/p>\n This happened in the village of Szwelice on the 13th \/ 26th \/ day of March 1902 at one o’clock in the afternoon.\u00a0 Teofil Niedzia\u0142kowski, age 30, residing in Pomaski, appeared in person with a child, in the presence of Franciszek Milewski, age 54, and Tomasz Mossakowski, age 52, owner of the noble part residing in Pomaski and he presented to us a child of the male sex, stating that it was born in Pomaski on the\u00c2 day before yesterday at three o’clock in the morning of his lawful wife Ksawery n\u00e9e Zygmuntowicz, age 30.\u00a0 At Holy Baptism performed on this date by Father W\u0142adys\u0142aw S\u0119dzicki, Assistant Pastor of this place, this child was given the name Stanis\u0142aw, and his godparents were Jan Niedziakowski and Rozalia [Sierpowska].\u00a0 This document was read to the declarant and the illiterate witnesses, and signed by us alone –<\/p>\n [J.] d. Administrator of the parish of Szwelice, Assistant Pastor, Keeper of the Documents of the Civil State – Father [S\u0119dzicki]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n My grandfather Kostanty was born on October 28, 1892.\u00a0 I have not yet found a Birth and Baptismal Record for him.\u00a0 His brother Jo\u017cef was born on May 5, 1897 in Pomaski, Vistula Land, Russian Empire. His sister Sabina was born on October 13, 1899 in Pomaski, Vistula Land, Russian Empire, and his brother Stanis\u0142aw was born on March 15, 1902 in Pomaski, Vistula Land, Russian Empire.<\/p>\n Notice the difference in the birth year for Kostanty and his siblings.\u00a0 Five years separated Kostanty from J\u00f3zef, but J\u00f3zef, Sabina, and Stanis\u0142aw were born about 2-3 years apart from each other.\u00a0 This suggests that there may be other siblings between Kostanty and the other three.\u00a0 Since I haven’t found the Birth and Baptismal Record for Kostanty in the Szwelice Parish, I assume that he was born elsewhere.\u00a0 Other siblings may have also been born in a different parish.\u00a0 But where is that parish?\u00a0 At the present time, I really don’t have a good lead.<\/p>\n Since Stanis\u0142aw was born in the twentieth century, the Julian Calendar and the Gregorian Calendar had drifted yet one more day apart.\u00a0 In the eighteenth century, the two calendars were 12 days apart, but in the twentieth century, the calendars were 13 days apart.\u00a0 Thus, the two dates in the record are now 13 days apart.\u00a0 We use the Gregorian Calendar today, so the date of birth for Stanis\u0142aw was March 15, 1902.<\/p>\n One peculiarity in this record is the name of Stanis\u0142aw’s Godfather.\u00a0 The Polish priests were required to write these records in Russian, and they were supposed to transliterate the names, not translate the names.\u00a0 The name of Stanis\u0142aw’s godfather was Jan, which transliterates into Russian with three letters.\u00a0 If the name had been translated, not transliterated, the Russian record would have said Ivan, the Russian equivalent of Jan (the English equivalent of Jan is John).<\/p>\n However, when this priest attempted to transliterate the name, instead of rendering it as “Jan”, he transliterated it as “Czoann”.\u00a0 While “Czoann” sounds somewhat like “Jan”, this transliteration had me very confused. Perhaps I’m the one who made the mistake and the name of Stanis\u0142aw’s godfather wasn’t Jan.\u00a0 But, for the life of me, I can’t figure out what else it could be.<\/p>\n Once again, there is a marginal notation on Stanis\u0142aw’s Birth and Baptismal Record.\u00a0 More about that tomorrow.<\/p>\n Copyright \u00a9 2006 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the parish records of Szwelice, Poland, I found the Birth and Baptismal Records for three siblings of my grandfather, Kostanty Niedzia\u0142kowski:\u00a0 J\u00f3zef, Sabina, and Stanis\u0142aw .\u00a0 I previously reported the records for J\u00f3zef and Sabina, and the final record … Continue reading \n