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<\/a>The Birth and Baptismal Record of Wojciech Niedzia\u0142kowski -1836<\/p><\/div>\n
Click on the image to view it in higher resolution. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record for Wojciech Niedzia\u0142kowski<\/a> .\u00a0 Translated from the Polish, the record states:<\/p>\n 47. Godacze<\/p>\n This happened in the church-owned village of\u00c2\u00a0Krasne on the 16th \/ 28th day of August 1836 at four o’clock in the afternoon .\u00a0 The well-born Antoni Niedzia\u0142kowski presented himself, age 26, living in the inherited part of Godacze, in the presence of the well-born Maciej Grzybowski, age 34, and Jan Rusczy\u0144ski, age 75, both of the inherited part of Godacze, and he showed us a male child, declaring that he was born in Godacze yesterday at eleven o’clock at night, born to his wife Katarzyna n\u00e9e Milewska, age 26; At Holy Baptism performed this day, the child was given the name Wojciech, and his Godparents were the married couple Walenty Grabowski and Elzbieta Grabowska<\/span> the well-born J\u00f3zef and Petronela \u0141yszkowski .\u00a0 This document was read aloud to the declarants and witnesses, the declarants and the witnesses cannot write. –<\/p>\n Reverend [Aleksy Luszczewski] SOURCE:\u00a0 Roman Catholic Parish of St. John the Baptist, Krasne, Poland. Ksi\u0119ga Urodzonych Parafii Krasne (Book of Births of the Krasne Parish). 1836. Page 15, Entry Number 47. FHL INTL Film 0702793, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Text in Polish, translated by Stephen J. Danko.<\/em><\/p>\n Notice that the church records continue to refer to the Niedzia\u0142kowski’s as “living in the inherited part” and “well-born”, further confirming the noble status of this family.<\/p>\n Since Wojciech was born the day before his baptism, his birthdate was August 27, 1836 (Gregorian Calendar) .\u00a0 This document lists his parents, my great-great-great grandparents:\u00a0 Antoni Niedzia\u0142kowski and Katarzyna Milewska.<\/p>\n Wojciech’s Death Record stated that he was born in Mosaki in the Krasne Parish, but this record states that he was born in Godacze in the Krasne Parish .\u00a0 Why the difference?\u00c2\u00a0 It seems that Godacze was a settlement that was part of Mosaki .\u00a0 The name of the settlement was sometimes written as Godacze and sometimes as Mosaki-Godacze, so there really is no discrepancy here.<\/p>\n There is, however, a discrepancy in this record .\u00a0 Wojeciech’s mother is listed as Katarzyna Milewska, but his death record states that his mother was Karolina Milewska .\u00a0 Other records should help clear up this confusion .\u00a0 I suspect, at this point, that the priest simply made a mistake in the Birth and Baptismal Record, but I’ll be ready to revise that conclusion after I examine other relevant records.<\/p>\n At first, I was confused by the\u00c2\u00a0names of\u00c2\u00a0the godparents .\u00a0 I finally decided that the names Walenty Grabowski and Elzbieta Grabowska<\/em> were struck out and replaced with the well-born J\u00f3zef and Petronela \u0141yszkowski<\/em> .\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0It looks like\u00c2\u00a0Antoni and Katarzyna decided at the last minute to offer the godparent responsibility to the couple with the more distinguised ancestry, leaving Walenty and Elzbieta to watch from a distance!<\/p>\n Copyright \u00a9 2006 by Stephen J. Danko\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Although I haven’t found the Birth and Baptismal Records for my Grandfather, Kostanty Niedzia\u0142kowski, or for my Great-Grandfather, Teofil Niedzia\u0142kowski, I already knew that my Great-Great Grandfather was Wojciech Niedzia\u0142kowski from other records. He was born in 1836 at a time when this part of Poland was under Russian rule, but the church records were still maintained in Polish. Continue reading \n
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