Can I get a little help understanding the format of the Dopvittnen column f

JaKalwa

Can I get a little help understanding the format of the Dopvittnen column f

Attached clip if from a baptismal in Almundsryd 1878 - there are four people named here - trying to understand which are the witnesses and which are the godparents - help!

 

Thanks!

Tanner Blair Tolman

There's not really a difference. A witness and a godparent are the same thing.

JaKalwa

Ok I know in Polish Catholic baptisms that the witnesses did just that and the Godparents accepted the additional responsibility of the child's religious well-being and soul. There is no distinction then here?

 

Can I also get a little help with the translation of this entry so I can use it as a template for a little more research I am doing on the page?

 

Thank you.

Tanner Blair Tolman

There's not a difference to my knowledge. I'm not an expert on Lutheran religion. If there is such a difference I have never once seen it mentioned or any distinction made among those listed as faddere.

 

Undt. Anders Bengtsson i Qvarnhult

och pig Eva Andersdatter ib Dv.

Bengt Andersen ib och pig Elin

Svensdatter i Frankanäs

 

 

So Anders Bengtsson, Eva andersdatter, and Bengt Andersen are all from Qvarnhult and Elin Svensdatter is from Frankanäs