Can you find a date anywhere?
I believe my 3rd great grandfather's name is Johann Peter Müller (son of Abraham Müller) and I think this may be this a record of his baptism (FHL film 176249, entry #65 on image 7 of 144). What does it say? Names are easy to read but I can't find a date or make sense of what it says. Can you help? https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS8Y-L8QX?i=6
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It says:
The father
Abraham Muller from Lehn
the child
Johann Peter
Sponsors
lists sponsors
at bottom is date 3tn 8bris (October 3rd)
The year is a couple pages prior 1757
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@JohnsonGreg Thank you.
For Greg or anyone else: How on earth does "3tn 8bris" translate to "October 3"? Can you help me read other dates in this book? Or translate them? The one above appears to be "24tn 7bris" and there are two to the left: "20tn 7bris". Please help me understand.
Also, can you make out the 3rd and 4th sponsor's surnames? "Catharina _____holt" and "Anna Christina Wol___ertz"?
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Not sure about the two names - I am not familiar with common names in the region.
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@WSeelentag This is VERY helpful. Thank you for the link!
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Names can be very difficult to decipher. I often look for the same name in other entries. If you look at entry 64 right above this one you can see that Catharina's last name is likely Keüsenholt (although Keüsenhott is a possibility).
Try looking through this film for others with the Keüsenholt and Wol___ertz. names. Hopefully, with enough examples the name can be figured out.
Another link for dates:
https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/img_auth.php/2/28/Kurrent_Script_Dates%2C_Numbers%2C_etc.pdf
And a good general link:
https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Germany_Church_Records
Edit added: After looking through the next few pages the names appear to be Keüsenhott (sometimes spelled without the umlaut) and Wolttert_ (the last letter is very difficult to identify).
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