I think this could be a marriage record for my great-grandparents. Is there someone who could trans

User15866166662542821556

I think this could be a marriage record for my great-grandparents. Is there someone who could translate this and tell me what it says? Many thanks.

C E Andrus

What a great find!

Registered: in Bełchatów the 22nd of August [Julian calendar]/3 September 1882 [Gregorian calendar]

Groom: Ferdinand Bierwagen [Фердинанд Вирваген], bachelor, поденщик (day laborer) in Kurówek, born in Colony Erivangrod [this place is now called Drzewociny -- https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drzewociny, https://mapa.szukacz.pl/mapnik.html?n=51.55&e=19.3&z=3&t=Drzewociny&m=Drzewociny], son of Gottlieb Birwagen and Wilhelmina Rozentreter, age 22 years old, Evangelical-Augsburg religion

Bride: Henrietta Schmitke [Генриетта Шмитке], unmarried, born and residing in Kurówek, daughter of Gottfried Schmidke and Karolina Wendland, age 20 years old, Evangelical-Augsburg religion

 

Records from this area follow a general format which you can learn about here: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_%22How_to%22_Guides

You'll be most interested in the guides for reading the Cyrillic alphabet and script as well as the reading Russian Birth/Marriage/Death records guides.

 

If you prefer to learn through videos, here's one on the alphabet -- https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/2075 and one on handwriting and grammar -- https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/2100

User15866166662542821556

Thank you so much, Camille! Yes, this is a good find, and I have also found two baptism records back to the 1880s. The links you included are very helpful and interesting. Thanks again.