In reading some of the microfilmed baptismal church records in Slovenia and Croatia, I have these questions. I keep running across the term "Cooperator" or an abbreviation thereof. This term invariably is under a name found in the column heading "Baptizans" with the subheading of "Nomen." The filled in information contain a name and the Cooperator term which are repeated for long periods of time, entry after entry. Is this simply the name of the person recording the entries? Secondly at the end of the entries, there is a column headed Patrinl which I know means godparents. Under this heading are two subheading with Nomen (which I know is for the names of the godparents) and CONDITIO. Under the latter, the box is usually signed by the same person repeatedly, many times by a woman. What does this box represent? For some baptism entries, there appears a written-in date in the left margin. The date is always years after the baptism date. I believe this is the date of death. Does anyone know if this is correct? Lastly, does anyone know what the baptism custom was in Croatia in say the 1800s? Finding the actual birth date seems to be quite an issue. Did the baptisms typically occur shortly after birth? I would appreciate your help in better understanding these types of entries. Dick Puz