Discrepancies in location of birth/baptism for Carl August Nagor

BonnieJLarson

There are 2 records in FamilySearch for the birth/baptism record for my ancestor Carl August Nagor in Prussia. Both records are identical for his name, names of parents, and dates. The differences are in the location of the birth and baptism. Can you help me understand which information is more accurate?

WSeelentag

Well - dates are different too !

Your question is difficult to answer: orginal records need to be checked, to do so.

In connection with the date difference: possibly one is the actual baptism entry, the other a report about it in another parish?? Born Aug whilst (father) doing military service - and later reported to his home parish??

JohnsonGreg

I think this is the same book having been filmed twice with differences in the indexing. One film, 102461855, is visible online.

In familysearch's description of film 102461855 it says:

Parish register of baptisms, marriages, deaths and confirmations for the 17th regiment of the Old Prussian Army. The regiment was headed finally by Karl Peter von Treskow, and garrisoned primarily in Köslin, Rügenwalde, and Danzig.

So this parish book apparently followed the regiment as it moved and the location will vary with time. It is necessary to look up the actual image and perhaps surrounding pages to figure out where the regiment was garrisoned at the time. Treskow is a place but it is not where the regiment is located. It is where the head of the regiment was from.

In this case the top of the page says they were garrisoned at Rügenwalde so that is where Carl was born. The Regierungsbezirk for Rügenwalde is Köslin. The Regierungsbezirk is a government district that is in hierarchy between the State and Kreis level. The baptism date is very difficult to read. I see it as the 23rd but the 25th is also a possibility. Here is the image, right side, entry 18.

You can see a map of where Rügenwalde is located here:

https://www.meyersgaz.org/place/20648077

Ulrich Neitzel

@BonnieJLarson , @JohnsonGreg

Just one small addition: von Treskow is not a location but the name of regiment commander, Carl Peter von Tresckow, see German Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Peter_von_Tresckow

BonnieJLarson

Thank you for your information.