[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Re: Bobrowniki in county Lipno

[Jerry Frank]

Two suggestions as to what might have happened here:

It was common in Lutheran communities some distance from the parish centre 
to register at the Catholic Church.  Remember, these are CIVIL records 
collected by the churches on behalf of the government.  In most cases, such 
records are simply mixed together with everyone else.  Perhaps this parish 
priest decided on his own to keep a separate book for the Lutheran people 
in his area.  Rose - you may want to browse through the Catholic records 
before and after this time frame to see if the Lutheran surnames are mixed 
in there.

Another possibility is some kind of dispute between the Lutheran community 
and the Lutheran authorities.  There are several references in Kneifel's 
book to those in remote communities complaining about the distance to the 
parish centre and requesting the establishment of a new parish, or at least 
a Kantorate, closer by.  Perhaps the Lutherans in this area were protesting 
such lack of service by the Lutheran Church and perhaps that is why these 
records only cover a short period.



At 10:56 PM 18/09/2002 +0200, Uwe Kerntopf wrote:
>Dear Rose,
>
>ger-poland-volhynia-request at eclipse.sggee.org schrieb:
>...
> > I did make a copy of a page of entries in 1851.  The pastor's name is Pawel
> > Polkowski.  The villages noted in the columns are "Miszek" which is 
> probably
>...
>
>this pastor I do not find too in Kneifel's book "Die Pastoren der
>Evangelisch-Augsburgischen Kirche in Polen".
>
>...
> > All the records in this book are definitely Evangelische and German names.
> > They may have been recorded by a Catholic priest as you say.   Unless 
> someone
> > else has a better explanation, my guess is that it was mixed in with the
> > Catholic books when they were sent to Munich and filmed at the "Kath.
>
>It is indeed very strange. I've took a quick look into the books, whether
>there has been a "Kantorat" or "Bethaus" in Bobrowniki. I found nothing.
>
> > Kirchenbuchamt und Archiv" in Munich.  It's possible the Kneifel didn't 
> know
> > about these records.
>
>His books are so precise, that I think that he has not forgotten this
>church if it ever existed. It is a real mystery.
>
>Bye and thanks for taking a look at these records
>Uwe
>
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Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
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