>Hello lists , I wonder , Is it possible that the Hartmann Schmidt in >this record is the father of Anna Maria ?? , given that her Surname is >Schmidt > Just wondering !! , Phil >In the year of our Lord 1831, the 20th June, in the morning between 7- >8 o'clock, according to notice, which has taken place, a son was born >to Georg Steffan, village resident and farmer here, by his first >wife, Anna Maria, the ninth child and the fourth son and this one was >baptised early on the 21st, where he received the name of Hartmann. >Sponsors were Hartmann Schmidt, village resident and miller here, and >his wife Elisabetha, nee Kircher, who signed the present record >together with the father and me, the pastor, who performed the >baptism. >Hartmann Schmidt That is not is not an assumption that I would make from the information listed in this document. Hartman could be a family member, but you do not know which one. The second male child might be the one named after the mother¹s father. You do not know if that child died and they tried again to name a child after the grandfather or they were down to naming after other relatives, such as a favorite brother. Hartmann could just be someone in the family that had the name they wanted to give the child and not for whom the child was named. He may have been named after the same person. Jay -- Jay E. Frank