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=== Format of Napoleonic Death Records === | === Format of Napoleonic Death Records === | ||
Death records contain description of the family relationships of the witnesses appearing, exact time and place of death, place of birth and parent's names. If the deceased was married, then the names of his or her spouse and of all living children were given. The cause of death was usually omitted; it was given if the person died as a result of an accident, e.g., drowning, a fall, or fire. Information given in the death record depended on the knowledge of the witnesses who came to report the death. | |||
A. Place and date of registration of death. (Place is given with grammatical ending and the date and time of day are written out in Polish.) USE WORD LIST TO READ DATE.<br><br>''Działo się w parafii ''''Źychlińskiej w roku tysiąc osemset''''''''<br>It came to pass in parish Źychlin in year thousand eight-hundred<br><br>''czterdziestiego dnia trzeciego marca o godzinie. . . . etc.''<br>forty (1840) (on) day third (of) March at hour. . . . etc.<br> | A. Place and date of registration of death. (Place is given with grammatical ending and the date and time of day are written out in Polish.) USE WORD LIST TO READ DATE.<br><br>''Działo się w parafii ''''Źychlińskiej w roku tysiąc osemset''''''''<br>It came to pass in parish Źychlin in year thousand eight-hundred<br><br>''czterdziestiego dnia trzeciego marca o godzinie. . . . etc.''<br>forty (1840) (on) day third (of) March at hour. . . . etc.<br> | ||
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C. The witnesses testify concerning the death, including the place (given with grammatical ending) and the date and time of day when the death occurred. USE WORD LIST TO READ DATE.<br><br>''i oświadczyłi iz dnia pierwszego marca / wczorajszego<br>''and (they) testified that (on) day first (of) March / yesterday<br><br> ''roku bieźącego, o godzinie ósmej w wieczor, w wśi Dębicach. . . .<br>''(of) year current, at hour eight in evening, in village Dębice. . . . | C. The witnesses testify concerning the death, including the place (given with grammatical ending) and the date and time of day when the death occurred. USE WORD LIST TO READ DATE.<br><br>''i oświadczyłi iz dnia pierwszego marca / wczorajszego<br>''and (they) testified that (on) day first (of) March / yesterday<br><br> ''roku bieźącego, o godzinie ósmej w wieczor, w wśi Dębicach. . . .<br>''(of) year current, at hour eight in evening, in village Dębice. . . . | ||
D. Name of deceased is given with varying amounts of information. Age and occupation are almost always given. Other information often given would be parents, birthplace, survivors, etc.<br><br> ''Umarł / Umarła Józef Cieślak lat . . . . licząc[y/a], syn /<br>''(He) died / (she) died Józef Cieślak years . . . . counting, son /<br><br>c''órka niegdyś / wspomianego Marcina i Wiktoriyi z<br>''daughter (of) deceased / forementioned Marcin and Wiktorya<br><br>''Czerwińskich małonków Cieślaków; urodzony w<br>''Czerwińska a married couple (named) the Cieślaks; born in<br><br>''Prusach / w tej wśi roku . . . . gdziei i z kogo urodzony''<br>Prussia / in this village (in) year. . . . when and of whom born<br><br>''niewiadomo. Zostawił / zostawiwszy po sobie owdowiałą źonę<br>''unknown. (He) has left / leaving after himself widowed wife<br><br>Agat''ę / owdowiałego meźa Mikołajo / etc.<br>''Agata / widowed husband Mikołaj / etc. | D. Name of deceased is given with varying amounts of information. Age and occupation are almost always given. Other information often given would be parents, birthplace, survivors, etc.<br><br> ''Umarł / Umarła Józef Cieślak lat . . . . licząc[y/a], syn /<br>''(He) died / (she) died Józef Cieślak years . . . . counting, son /<br><br>c''órka niegdyś / wspomianego Marcina i Wiktoriyi z<br>''daughter (of) deceased / forementioned Marcin and Wiktorya<br><br>''Czerwińskich małonków Cieślaków; urodzony w<br>''Czerwińska a married couple (named) the Cieślaks; born in<br><br>''Prusach / w tej wśi roku . . . . gdziei i z kogo urodzony''<br>Prussia / in this village (in) year. . . . when and of whom born<br><br>''niewiadomo. Zostawił / zostawiwszy po sobie owdowiałą źonę<br>''unknown. (He) has left / leaving after himself widowed wife<br><br>Agat''ę / owdowiałego meźa Mikołajo / etc.<br>''Agata / widowed husband Mikołaj / etc. | ||
=== Information Recorded in Civil Registers === | === Information Recorded in Civil Registers === |
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