Help reading this comment in birth record

Tom Rohlfing

I can read most of this entry, and it has been indexed as well. But I need help with this particular comment in the record.

That first word might be Todt, suggesting maybe this was a stillborn birth, or something like that. Also, in a few places in this entry, it says August, in parentheses, and then September. What's that about? Any help would be appreciated.

Here is the entire record, including the film number (008247999) and image number (75), for reference.

Thanks for any help.

Tom Rohlfing

Robert Seal_1

Hello @Tom Rohlfing,

It appears that your images are not going to post, but using the FHL film number and image number you provided, I was able to view the record on FamilySearch. Note that you never named the child or identified the specific record you were interested in, but because your surname is "Rohlfing" and record no. 61 in the image is for a child with the surname "Rohlfing", I'm assuming this is the record you are referring to.

Translation of the "Remarks" column: In the columns 7 and 10 the bracketed [i.e. within parentheses] entered (August) is incorrect, it is/it should be called September. Aumund, on 4 September 1882. Mestwerdt [= the pastor].

So it appears the parish scribe (who was also the pastor) first incorrectly wrote "August" in those columns, then came back later and made a correction, putting August in parentheses (to indicate the error) and then writing the correct month of September.

Also note the long horizontal line in the "Remarks" column. Originally the scribe entered that line to indicate that there were no remarks to be made, then subsequently when he made the corrections, he had to write his comments in the "Remarks" column and had to write those comments through that line.

So the child was born on 11 August 1882; was baptized on 3 September 1882; and the date written by the pastor in the last column is 3 September 1882, which is the date he entered the record into the parish register.

P.S. I read the first few words in the "Remarks" column as: In d[er] Rubriken 7 u[nd] 10 = In the columns 7 and 10 . . .

Tom Rohlfing

Thanks so much Robert. First of all, well done on figuring out which entry is the one of interest. When I look at my post, I do see the images, but maybe that only works for me, or is a function of the browser being used, or whatever. But you got it right. :)

And your translation of the comments column makes good sense, and helps me understand more about this record, in particular that it's not something about todt!

Thanks again!

Tom

Robert Seal_1

You're welcome, @Tom Rohlfing. Glad I could help you with this record.

Early this morning (Oct. 27) the images were still not visible to me but they finally appeared later this morning and I can see them now as well.