Correction to location HistoricalRecords
Film #007992920 with 950 images shows location as Waldau, Culm, West Prussia, Prussia, Germany but this is only correct for images 1 to 203.
Images 204 to 302 belong to Weilkie, Krs Leipe, Danzig, West Prussia.
Images 303 to 309 belong to Frauendorf, Kreis Heilsberg, East Prussia.
Images 310 to 950 belong to Heilsberg, Kreis Heilsberg, East Prussia, Baptisms 1588-1640 Vol 199.
Film #008087043 with 1040 images shows location as Subkau, Dirschau, West Prussia, Prussia, Germany but this is only correct for images 1 to 194.
Images 195 to 626 belong to Topolno, Krs Schwetz, West Prussia
195 to 212 Tauf Register 1696 to 1751
213 to 495 Tauf Register 1803 to 1867
496 to 626 Sterbe Register 1757 to 1842
Images 628 to 847 belong to Dreidorf, Posen, Prussia
Images 848 to 1040 belong to Heilsberg, Kreis Heilsberg, East Prussia, Baptisms 1641-1681 Vol K200.
Regards Kathryn
Comments
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Both of those films are cataloged correctly. The key concept here is "item numbers": microfilms had a certain length that the filming operators tried to fill up completely. If they finished one book or register and still had room, they'd grab the next book or register from the stack and add it as the next item.
Film 7992920: Item 1 is Roman Catholic registers from Waldau, Prussia (Wałdowo, Poland). Item 2 is Roman Catholic registers from Wielgie, Poland. Item 3 is Catholic marriages in Frauendorf, Prussia (Babiak, Poland). Item 4 is Catholic marriages in Heilsberg, Prussia (Lidzbark Warmin'ski, Poland).
Film 8087043: Item 1 is RC registers from Subkau, Prussia (Subkowy, Poland). Items 2-3 are RC registers from Topolno (was Prussia, now Poland). Item 4 is RC registers from Groß Dreidorf, Prussia (Dźwierszno Wielkie, Poland). Item 5 is Catholic baptisms in Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmin'ski).
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FamilySearch's database is full of errors relating to such multi-item films, but those errors are not in the catalog. They're in the indexes. If a film starts off with baptisms from Place A, then the indexing postprocessing automatically attaches Place A as the location of every indexed item on the film. Sometimes, this means that events are in the index with entirely the wrong county. (Given that filming took place in specific archives, the items are thankfully seldom from different countries, but it could happen.)
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