At 11:49 PM 8/8/98 EDT, [email protected] wrote: >Need some help here folks. I've been doing some rather successful research on >my Slovakian ancestors in Hranovnica, Slovakia (yes, I know the correct name >for the area is the Slovak Republic). In my research of baptismal records >I've found most listed as being Cath. Plebius (Catholic). However, every once >in awhile I'll run into a couple that was Aug. Conf. Plebius, or one Cath. and >the other Aug. Conf. Could anyone tell me what Aug. Conf. is? Is is one of >the Protestant faiths? If so, which one? It means Augsburg Confession. This was compiled in 1530 as a definitive statement of Lutheran principles, so I imagine it refers in general to Protestants, or to Lutherans in particular. Gordon McDaniel [email protected]