This is a photograph (from microfilm) of the birth/baptismal record of Szymon LIPA. The original record is from the parish of Nagoszyn, Poland. The records were originally from the Tarnów Diocesan Archives and were filmed in 1973 by the LDS (film #1960045). Szymon was born at home in Bobrowa, Poland but that village doesn’t have it’s own church. Villagers belonged to the parish in Nagoszyn. The wooden church that existed at that time in Nagoszyn had been built in 1790 and dedicated to Saint Barbara. The church in Nagoszyn had been a branch church belonging to the parish of Przeclaw until 1862, when it assumed parish status in its own right. The GPS coordinates for the village of Bobrowa, Poland are: 50 07 : 21 26′
From this record we know that:
- Szymon LIPA was born October 2, 1842 in house #50 in the village of Bobrowa, Poland.
- Szymon was a male child baptized Catholic.
- Szymon was the legitimate son of Joannes (Jan) LIPA son of Szymon LIPA and Regina GRZYBOW, their occupation was “rusticus” (farmer).
- Szymon’s mother was Sophia, daughter of Joannes (Jan) ŁANUCHA and Maria (nata KOWAL), their occupation was “rusticus” (farmer).
- The midwife attending the birth of Szymon LIPA was Maria KITRYSKA.
- The godparents were Mathias SKOWRON (”inquilis”, farmer) and Joannes (Jan) GRZYB and his wife Anna (”hortulas”, farmer).
- The priest who baptized Szymon LIPA was Ks Joannes Ksigrek.
**Note: I know that the terms “rusticus”, “inquilis”, and “hortulas” are terms describing farmers but I can’t put my fingers on an explanation of how they differ. Need to look this up.
