> > DIOECESIS: Leopoliensis ) > PALATINATUS: Parnopol ) Where/what the heck is this? > PAROCHIA: Kopyclynce ) > DISTRICTUS: Kopyclynce ) Diocese: Leopolis (Latin for Lviv, in southwest Ukraine) Palatinate/County: Tarnopol (Ternopil, also in sw Ukraine) Parish: looks like Kopychynci (town about 30ish miles south of Ternopil) District: same > I can pretty much ASSUME what the columns mean, NOMEN=name, > PARENTES=parents. > But what is PATRINI? what is COGNOMEN? & what is ET CONDITIO? Patrini=godparents, cognomen=surname, et condition=and status/class/occupation > In regards to column: LOCUS NATIVIT. ET N-RUS DOMUS > What is Ory_zkowce 141? Locus Nativit. et N-rus Domus: Place of birth and house number The village of birth is Oryszkowce (Polish spelling)/Orishkivci (Ukrainian spelling). This is about 3 miles southwest of Kopychynci. House number is 141. > I am also curious as to what is actually listed under parents: (verbatim) > Petzyk Jose - phus agricola h, Theodori et Marie Michalecka. - Anna B_tyk > H. Joannis et Helena Kurylak. Father: Josephus (Joseph) Petzyk, farmer (could what you see as "h" be "ex", meaning "of"?), whose parents were Theodor and Maria Michalecka. Mother: Anna B_tyk, ("H" again, maybe "ex"?) whose parents were Joannis (John) and Helena Kurylak. > Under PATRINI column there is: Joannes Radominski agri Maria Stel-masrcluk Godparens: Joannes (John) Radominski, farmer, and Maria Stelmanchuk? Stelmaszchuk? If you think another pair of eyes would help, email me for my address and you can send a copy of the certificate. Joe Armata armata@vms.cis.pitt.edu