What does "Cop: Syl: Fol:" mean?
Looking back at husband's 4th-great-grandparents again. If there is a date of marriage listed for them I am not finding it. I've noticed on almost all of their children's baptism entries it says "Cop: Syl: Fol:". Looking at the other baptism entries (for other families) I'm seeing the same thing written. Can anyone tell me what it means?
Example: Baptism entry for Elisabeth Meyer #54 on PDF page #204.
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I read it as "Cop. Sch. fol." or possibly "Pol". Even though I haven't seen this before, I believe it has to do with documenting that the child's parents were married at the time of birth. So my guess for the first two syllables is "Copulations-Schein". I am not sure what to make of "fol/Pol". My suspicion is that the couples with that notation were married in this parish. You can check that theory by looking at the marriage book.
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I agree with Baerbel’s reading of it as "Cop: Sch: Pol:" (it's more clear on other images, such as image 3; also compare the capital "P" with that in "Professor," the first witness in the second entry on the page after Elisabeth's), although in other places it does loook more like "fol." There are also ones with a hyphen between as "Cop: Sch: - Pol:" and there are also ones like "Cop: Sch: vidi Taufe" (see baptism). I think the first part is referring to marriage certificate (Copulations-Schein). In most cases it's unfortunately not providing the date, but I have a couple of theories about the phrase:
(1) It could be a note that the marriage took place in this same parish;
(2) it could be referring back to the last place (i.e., the mother's hometown) as being the place of the marriage; or
(3) it could simply be stating that the couple showed their marriage certificate as proof that they were married and that the child, by extension, was legitimate.
To be sure, you’d need to look up the marriage records of a few of the couples listed. In the few instances where I see a place specifically listed for the marriage, it is not where either of the parents are from.
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Thank you two so much for your answers!
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