[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Radom Parish Records.... Several questions in understanding these entries.

[Jerry Frank]

Further to my previous message, the info about Rawa Mazowiecka parish records is generally accurate but some communities in that region had their own record books.  For example, Bledow Lutheran records have not been microfilmed but are in the Radom Archive.

Jerry




----- Original Message -----
From: Gene Markiewicz <genemarkiewicz at aol.com>
Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 3:45 am
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Radom Parish Records.... Several questions in understanding these entries.
To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org

>  
> 
> Hi, I am working my way through roughly 35 vital records I 
> received from the
> Radom Evangelical Augsberger Parish via the Radom Regional 
> Archives. The
> bulk of these records are from the 1840's through 1890 but some 
> are from
> before and some after.  I have had these records translated 
> so I am working
> with the English translation.  I have several 
> questions/observations for the
> group.
> 
>  
> 
> .         For the most 
> part, village names are provided with no additional
> information.  But, in a few cases, a village name is 
> provided with an added
> comment that the village named it is in a different 
> district.  My question
> whether I should  assume that a village name provided is 
> within the parish
> district unless in indicates otherwise?  This is 
> particularly important with
> birth locations in death entries and similar cases where a birth 
> place of an
> individual is provided (not a birth entry).
> 
> .         A couple of 
> village names were noted to be for the Rawa or Rawa
> Mazowiecka district. Similar to the Radom Parish, this parish is 
> listed as
> not having records that were micro-filmed by LDS.  So I 
> want to write to the
> appropriate regional archive (as I did for Radom).  Can 
> someone tell me
> whether this is likely to work and which archive location I 
> should try.
> 
> .         Does anyone 
> have any particular knowledge/expertise of this parish
> district?
> 
> .         Virtually even 
> male mentioned has an occupation or status
> indicated.  I have seen colonist, settler, tennant, 
> peasant,, laborer. for
> one woman it was servant and at my grandmothers wedding a man 
> attended who
> was identified as being her "legal tutor". both her parents were 
> dead and
> this "legal tutor" had the same last name as her mother's maiden 
> name.  Were
> these standard designations or just what the parish 
> pastor/administratorchose to use? I can assume which each 
> designation means but am curious as to
> whether these designations meant more than is obvious to me.
> 
> .         I am really 
> struck that so many of this family died in their 30's
> and early 40's.  Only a couple of them lived to 50.  
> Was this the norm for
> time & place?
> 
> .         My 
> grandfather's father (and family) seemed to have a different
> location noted every time they had a birth, death, marriage.. 
> Over a 30yr
> timeframe . But seemingly remaining in the same district within 
> a radius of
> 25 km or so.  He was mostly listed as a tenant.  Is my 
> assumption that  he
> most likely moved between farms as a laborer perhaps moving with 
> variouscrops a reasonable one. was this a common practice?
> 
> Thanks for your insights and your expertise
> 
>  
> 
> Eugene Markiewicz
> 
>  
> 
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