I have a document that my mother got as a record of her baptism and confirmation in the R Catholic church in the early 1900's. It is a handwritten as though it was hand written probably from an original book. Of course it is all in Hungarian which I cannot read but I did have someone translate if for me. There is no mention of a godfather. The name given shows the godmother as widow Mrs. Janos Kovacs maiden name Erzsebet Tabai. Is there any reason there would have been no godfather named? Evelyn

It sounds to me that in this area, as in many, godparents were a married couple. Obviously, being widowed, Mrs. Janos Kovacs no longer had a husband to act as godfather. I have also seen this in the records. On another note, the fact that this was a Roman Catholic church was probably immaterial. Most of these customs were more cultural than religious and could be found in both Protestant and Catholic churches. Janet _____ From: EEH2198@aol.com [mailto:EEH2198@aol.com] Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 1:59 PM To: kozlay@comcast.net; HUNGARY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HUNGARY-L] Question on use of Hungarian maiden names I have a document that my mother got as a record of her baptism and confirmation in the R Catholic church in the early 1900's. It is a handwritten as though it was hand written probably from an original book. Of course it is all in Hungarian which I cannot read but I did have someone translate if for me. There is no mention of a godfather. The name given shows the godmother as widow Mrs. Janos Kovacs maiden name Erzsebet Tabai. Is there any reason there would have been no godfather named? Evelyn