Translation Help

MasakiTakeda1

Hello,

I hope someone can help translate a record. It is for an ancestor named Valentin Metzmeier and is from the 1800s in Germany. I believe it is in Kurrent. I would appreciate a German transcription and English translation if possible.

Much metta,

Masaki

Charlotte Noelle Champenois

Hi @MasakiTakeda1, you're right, this record is written in Kurrent, also known as the old German script. The record states:

Valentin Metzmeier [from] Gunzenbach

In Baden in 1817, on 18 April, at 6 p.m. was born and on the 19th of the same month and year at 3 p.m. was baptized a little boy named Valentin, legitimate son of Joseph Metzmeier, citizen and farmer in Gunzenbach, and of Magdalena born Lorenz. Witnesses present at the baptism were Joseph Sulzer, local citizen and sacristan [Stadtpfarrmessner is a church official who is in charge of measurements and is sometimes called a churchman, sexton, sacristan, etc.], and Johannes Jörger, local citizen and farmer in Thiergarten, the child's godfather.

Baden, 19 April 1817

Johannes Andreas Lorenz, parish priest.

MasakiTakeda1

Ms. Champenois,

Thank you very much. I appreciate the wonderful translation. Your efforts help greatly.

Much metta,

Masaki