Hello everyone, I wonder if anyone might be able to help me understand a few words/abbreviations on a baptismal record. I have found the baptismal record for my great-great grandfather in a Taufbuch from the Catholic church in Rorschach in 1836 - very exciting! The writing is fairly clear and neat considering the age of the record. It is in German and Latin. I have tried German and Latin dictionaries, but haven't been able to decipher a few things and wonder if anyone might be able to help. 1. His parents names are listed however, there is a word before his father's name that I don't understand. I believe it begins with "Bez...." Looks like there is another "z" toward the end of the word. Any ideas? I can send a scanned image of the word if that would help. 2. There seems to be abbreviations for titles before each of his parents' names (He or Hr = Herr and Fr = Frau, I think) but I notice that most parents do not have these abbreviations. Why would that be? 3. I notice that about 75% of the mothers or godmothers have an abbreviation which looks like "Me or Mc or Mr" in front of their given name. Any ideas what that could be for? In my ggggrandmother's case both "Fr" and "Me or Mc or Mr" (in that order) appear before her first name. 4. In the column for the godparents, usually there is just one godfather and one godmother, but periodically (every couple of records) there is a godmother or godfather's name listed which looks like this: (godparents' name), Viceg?. (another name) The "Viceg?." is always preceded by a comma, underlined, and followed by another name. I am curious as to what this might mean? 5. The final column contains entries such as "Civis in Straubenzell" which I understand means "citizen of Straubenzell". Would this most likely mean that the child held citizenship in Straubenzell or that his parents did? Any help would be very much appreciated! Thanks. Patty in Colorado