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Friday, January 17, 2014

Sponsoring the Baby

Who are the sponsors on this 1893 baptism in German-Lutheran church in Illinois?

6 comments:

  1. Tj. Janssen u. Fr.

    Tj was for Tjark (which can't be determined just from this item).
    Fr. was for Frau--which was pretty common.

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  2. Michael: what did the u. stand for please?
    Bobee

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    1. It stands for "und," which means "and." The records are in German.

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