Birth - Kłobuck, Poland - 1904
Below is an example of a Roman Catholic birth record in paragraph format. This document is from the city of Kłobuck, which is located in the Silesian voivodeship of Poland today.
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| 86 | Состоялось въ посадѣ Клобуцкѣ перваго четырнадцатаго февраля, ты- | 1 | 86 | It happened in the settlement of Kłobuck on the first fourteenth February, one- |
| -сяча девятьсотъ четвертаго года, въ три часа пополудни. Явился Юл | 2 | -thousand nine hundred fourth year [1904], at three o'clock in the afternoon. Appeared Yul- | ||
| Клобуцкъ | -iанъ Сенкевичъ/. Julian Sekiewicz./ земледѣлецъ изъ Клобуцкa сорока | 3 | Kłobuck | -ian Senkevich/.Julian Sekiewicz./ farmer from Kłobuck forty |
| лѣтъ въ присутствiи Михаила Фрыга из Рыбны сорока одного года | 4 | years [of age] in the presence of Mikhail Fryga née Rybna forty one years | ||
| и Николая Ендржейчик изъ Клобуцка шестидесяти лѣтъ отъ роду. обоихъ | 5 | and Nikolay Endrzheychik from Kłobuck sixty years from birth. both | ||
| земледѣльцевь, и предъявиль намъ младенца женскаго пола объявляя, | 6 | farmers, and showed me a child of the female sex declaring, | ||
| что онъ родился въ Клобуцкѣ тридцатаго января/ двенадцатаго февра- | 7 | that it was born in Kłobuck on the thirtieth of January/twelfth of Februa- | ||
| -ля/ сего года, въ два часа пополуночи отъ законной его жены Марiанны | 8 | -ry of this year, at two o'clock after midnight [2 AM] of his lawful wife Marianna | ||
| урожденной Гладышъ /. Maryanna z Gladyszow./ трыгадцати пяти | 9 | née Gladysh /. Maryanna z Gladyszow./ thirty-five | ||
| лѣтъ отъ роду. Младенцу этому при святомъ крещенiй совершенномъ сего | 10 | years from birth. This child was upon holy baptism this | ||
| числа дано имя Юлiанна, а воспрiемниками были: упомянутых | 11 | day given the name Yulianna, the godparents were: the abovementioned | ||
| Михаила Фрыга и Марiанна Гладышъ. Акт сей неграмо- | 12 | Mikahil Fryga and Marianna Gladysh. This act | ||
| -тнымъ объявляющаму и свидѣтелямъ прочитанъ и нами под- | 13 | was read to the illiterate declarant and witnesses and we | ||
| -писанъ. | 14 | signed. | ||
| [signature] | 15 | [signature] | ||
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