Michele, Ella had a typo - the word is "kwadranse". It's possible that the godparents had to travel to Warsaw for the ceremony. Roman On 2/19/2011 3:09 PM, Michele wrote: > Ella, > > Kwardranse works perfectly instead of kwandrase as I thought it was. > Three quarters of an hour after seven makes more sense. And I had > wondered if the delay referred to the time of day or the date, but, as > you say, there is no way to know on that. Both seem to be a long time > to wait for the event. I will change residence to apartment. This > really helps because I have seen that wording in more than one of these > records. This is the first time I've seen the word kumów so I wanted to > ask for clarification, so I appreciate the explanation. > > Thank you for your help, > > Michele >

Roman, Oh, OK. These Warsaw records are giving me one challenge after another. There is an unusual phrase on another one I'm working on too. It does keep it all interesting. Thanks, Michele On 2/19/2011 1:37 PM, Roman wrote: > Michele, > > Ella had a typo - the word is "kwadranse". > > It's possible that the godparents had to travel to Warsaw for the ceremony. > > Roman > > On 2/19/2011 3:09 PM, Michele wrote: >> Ella, >> >> Kwardranse works perfectly instead of kwandrase as I thought it was. >> Three quarters of an hour after seven makes more sense. And I had >> wondered if the delay referred to the time of day or the date, but, as >> you say, there is no way to know on that. Both seem to be a long time >> to wait for the event. I will change residence to apartment. This >> really helps because I have seen that wording in more than one of these >> records. This is the first time I've seen the word kumów so I wanted to >> ask for clarification, so I appreciate the explanation. >> >> Thank you for your help, >> >> Michele >> > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at [email protected] > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message