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From: JBern68078 <>
Subject: [HUNGARY-L] Re: Magda/Twins
Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 00:25:44 EDT

Re below message: the children's names might not correspond to the godparents'
name or names; if that's the case, try going through the register to find a
similar given name, see if it's more readable.

In 1830's Catholic Records in Hungary, I noticed in the baptismal
> register,two babies born on the same day. I can not be sure what
gender
> they may be because of the difficulty of reading the given names. In
> comparing other baptismals, I find other twins : the preist wrote
> GEMELLA
> for two baby girls. Then, I noticed GEMELLI for twin boys .
>
> Magda,
> look at the godparents, in all the records I've reviewed to date one
of
> the godparents has the same name as the godchild, normally the male
> godparent was listed first with the godmother
second...............hope
> this helps
> Tom Foc

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