Why would "non-Catholics" baptize their baby in a Catholic parish?
Hello everyone,
I am trying to reconstruct the genealogy of a poorly documented side of my ancestry, a family called Gawron/Gawronski, from Inowroclaw County.
I found these baptism records of a Justyna Gawron, daughter of Jacobi (Jakub) Gawron and Catharina (Katarzyna) Bydlewska. As you can see, their religion is indexed as "non-Catholic" ("Religio Acatholica"). But the Tuczno parish where the baptism took place was Catholic.
Why would a non-Catholic couple have their daughter bapitzed in a Catholic parish? Does someone familiar with the history of Inowroclaw County know if the parents being "non-Catholic" could point to where more family records could be located? Thank you!
Best regards
-J.
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I don't have a source citation to hand, but I have read that, in the Prussian period, Roman Catholic records were (paraphrasing) designated as official records. For that reason, we often see non-Catholic records in the Catholic registers.
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Thank you Aine! One more question: would anyone know what "AA" in the second record (act 40, bottom of left page) means exactly (presumably the parents' marital and/or religious status)? Thank you!
Best regrds,
-J.
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@genealogyinhistory93 Afraid I don't know that one. Also checked with a friend whose Latin is better than mine. Hope someone who knows will see your query. I think it refers to the status of the sponsors whose names follow the AA. The CC is some of the others on the page probably refers to their status in the church as "confirmed communicant."
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Thanks again Aine! I will make another post about this. In any case, I very much appreciate your help thus far! :)
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