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Evan Papa

I'm using Matricula to find the christening record of my ancestors Joseph and Johann Grubbauer. My goal is to find their parents who are unknown at this time. In the attached link you'll find their names indexed in the baptism record in their local catholic parish. However, I cannot find the details of their records anywhere in the book outside of the index. Can someone help me understand how I can find the pages their records are on?

https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/oesterreich/st-poelten/traunstein/01-06/?pg=10

Robert Seal_1

Hello @Evan Papa,

(1) Looking at the index entry for Joseph Grubbauer it says that he lives at Traunstein no. 31, and the entry for his baptism is on page 14.

Here is the link for this baptismal record: https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/oesterreich/st-poelten/traunstein/01-06/?pg=41

Joseph Grubbauer's baptismal record is the second record from the top of the page and is dated 24 September 1827. The record goes across both pages. Note that the page number only appears in the upper right corner of the right-hand page. This is how and where the pages are numbered throughout this book.

(2) The index entry for Johann Grubbauer says that he lives at Traunstein no. 31, and the entry for his baptism is on page 26.

Here is the link for this baptismal record: https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/oesterreich/st-poelten/traunstein/01-06/?pg=56

Johann Grubbauer's baptismal record is the first record on the page and is dated 9 June 1831.

The parents of these brothers are: Michael Grubbauer, butcher, and Theresia Sußhofer.

Comments: When you click on the link you provided, note the column on the right which shows the index images and the page images for this specific parish register.

First there are 25 images identified by "Index Taufe_0001", etc.

Scroll down through these index images to "Taufe_0001", etc. There are a total of 169 "Taufe" images in this register. These images represent the pages in the parish register. But image numbers in this list are not the same as the page numbers in the register itself. For example:

Joseph Grubbauer's baptismal record is on page 14 of the register but it is on image Taufe_0015 in the list.

Johann Grubbauer's baptismal record is on page 26 of the register but it is on image Taufe_0030 in the list.

So when using these Matricula records, you need to get a feel for how each register is paginated and how the page numbers coordinate (or not) with the image numbers in order to find the specific page you are looking for.

Evan Papa

Thank you so much! This is amazing! I feel like I've finally had a breakthrough with this family after searching for a long time. Thank you again!

Robert Seal_1

You are most welcome, @Evan Papa.