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Can I get a little help understanding the format of the Dopvittnen column f

JaKalwa
JaKalwa ✭
November 20, 2019 edited November 20, 2019 in Social Groups
Can I get a little help understanding the format of the Dopvittnen column f

Attached clip if from a baptismal in Almundsryd 1878 - there are four people named here - trying to understand which are the witnesses and which are the godparents - help!

 

Thanks!

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  • Tanner Blair Tolman
    Tanner Blair Tolman ✭✭
    November 20, 2019

    There's not really a difference. A witness and a godparent are the same thing.

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  • JaKalwa
    JaKalwa ✭
    November 20, 2019

    Ok I know in Polish Catholic baptisms that the witnesses did just that and the Godparents accepted the additional responsibility of the child's religious well-being and soul. There is no distinction then here?

     

    Can I also get a little help with the translation of this entry so I can use it as a template for a little more research I am doing on the page?

     

    Thank you.

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  • Tanner Blair Tolman
    Tanner Blair Tolman ✭✭
    November 20, 2019

    There's not a difference to my knowledge. I'm not an expert on Lutheran religion. If there is such a difference I have never once seen it mentioned or any distinction made among those listed as faddere.

     

    Undt. Anders Bengtsson i Qvarnhult

    och pig Eva Andersdatter ib Dv.

    Bengt Andersen ib och pig Elin

    Svensdatter i Frankanäs

     

     

    So Anders Bengtsson, Eva andersdatter, and Bengt Andersen are all from Qvarnhult and Elin Svensdatter is from Frankanäs

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