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ossnhughie
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Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 11:21 pm Post subject: A quick question on sacramental records

Hello all,

I know their are no absolutes in life and that includes in genealogy, but what were the general traditions of location of baptism of children and location of marriage? Was it done in the husbands home parish or the brides??

I have been really frustrated on trying to track down the marriage record of my ancestors Jozef Fronckiewicz (Frackiewicz) and his wife either Marcjanna (or a some records Marianna) Rogowicz. Jozef was born about 1818 hopefully in the area around Troki (havent found his record yet). This is according to his death record (9 March 1872 in Dobrawola, Lithuania) from Stare Troki metric book which coincidentally lists his surving spouse and children: two of whom I have found their baptism/birth records.

Weronika- born 3 Feb 1862 in Gorale Lithuania, baptized in Nowe Troki, Jozefa (my direct ancestor) born: 19 March 1864 in Landwarow, Lithuania and bapitized also in Nowe Troki. He at the time of his death also had 2 sons Rafal and Romuald and a another daughter Scholastyka of which I have no age or as of yet to find their records. Given the age of his two known daughters maybe these other 3 where from another spouse who died or perhaps they were baptized at another nearby church? All is speculation at this point. I hope that the marriage and other children's baptisms were not held in a church in the City of Wilno proper (just east of all the mentioned villages).

I am purusing the Nowe Troki Baptism registers online to make sure to double check all the years to see if maybe I missed something before.

Any advice for similar brick walls??

Thanks,

Hugh
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 1:46 pm Post subject:

Hi Hugh,
My understanding is that marriages were usually done in the parish to which the bride belonged. However, life can take unexpected twists and turns. Have you researched the history of this area to know what was happening at the time? Battles, droughts, fires, etc. can cause people to relocate, either permanently or temporarily. One search strategy you might try is to look at Geneteka and do a broad search of all marriages in the Lithuanian records that they have. When I did this, I saw there were Frąckiewicz marriages in and around 1860 in other parishes. You might try looking at those parishes to see if there are any connections to your family. This is reaching a bit, I know, but it is possible that there might have been a period during which your family moved so that the marriage was in an entirely different village than the baptisms of their children.
Best of luck in your search,
Sophia

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