tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867672851903497494.post7198516324926472858..comments2024-03-17T14:56:18.517-07:00Comments on Czech Genealogy blog: Birth and baptism in Czech societyBlanka L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01084093699011379588noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867672851903497494.post-78936126798744342862023-09-27T15:12:27.897-07:002023-09-27T15:12:27.897-07:00Me too, as my family discovered about a year that ...Me too, as my family discovered about a year that our grandmother was illegitimate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867672851903497494.post-36094151003434004372023-01-26T14:16:12.966-08:002023-01-26T14:16:12.966-08:00I finally counted the baptisms one day, and found ...I finally counted the baptisms one day, and found less than 2 dozen in several villages. So much for family history. Mary Sramek Levesquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10959629691272278182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867672851903497494.post-3595600565875509882014-10-24T10:09:46.506-07:002014-10-24T10:09:46.506-07:00Judi, this post answers some of your questions: ht...Judi, this post answers some of your questions: http://czechgenealogy.nase-koreny.cz/2013/04/illegitimate-children.htmlBlanka L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01084093699011379588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867672851903497494.post-70460750493916261962014-10-24T09:51:29.593-07:002014-10-24T09:51:29.593-07:00I would love to know the customs involved with ill...I would love to know the customs involved with illegitimate births and why so many of these children died.Judi Engelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867672851903497494.post-79080682386208572572014-10-22T17:46:22.056-07:002014-10-22T17:46:22.056-07:00What I learned in the villages was that the mother...What I learned in the villages was that the mother and babe were behind the curtain for 6 weeks and only the mother's godmother could touch her. She brought her special soup in special pots. In one or two room homes with many inhabitants this protected the mother and child from infection. I was told that neither parent went to the christening. The godmother took the babe out and put a knife in the door frame saying I am taking out a Pagan and bringing back a Christian. When she returned the father was to say a special verse - if he didn't the baby was put under the table, maybe based on an old pagan custom. The ritual cloth that protected the newborn and mother might have had blessed herbs and garlic on it, a red ribbon to ward off evil, knives and scissors and needles stuck in it - again to ward of evil spirits, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867672851903497494.post-47295439024019900092014-10-22T07:29:05.255-07:002014-10-22T07:29:05.255-07:00My great-great grandfather was the "mayor&quo...My great-great grandfather was the "mayor" of the village. He and his wife were apparently the sponsors for 72 baptisms. One of these days I will go through the book and see how accurate that is.Mary Sramek Levesquehttp://sramek.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867672851903497494.post-61386744567586450642012-09-28T03:50:12.188-07:002012-09-28T03:50:12.188-07:00It is was interesting to read that the father take...It is was interesting to read that the father takes the child to church to be baptized and the mother stays home. This explains why so often in birth records the mothers parents and of place of birth is different from child to child. The father/husband isn't giving the correct information. I thought the priest was entering the wrong information. Thank you for this article.Michael Lundholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10844397591984994401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867672851903497494.post-89183862581622323022012-05-20T19:45:33.314-07:002012-05-20T19:45:33.314-07:00Here in the USA, Catholics pick Godparents for the...Here in the USA, Catholics pick Godparents for their children for the same reason as over in Czech Republic, or Czechoslovakia in older times. I do not know about the other religions. It is a good custom to have, as we never know when our time on earth is up.Judith Kepka-Nyhuishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16590419068372192374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867672851903497494.post-86593598562310064532011-11-04T23:53:47.921-07:002011-11-04T23:53:47.921-07:00Julie, more about purification (or churching of wo...Julie, more about purification (or churching of women) can be found in the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churching_of_womenBlanka L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01084093699011379588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867672851903497494.post-73870998571939682172011-11-03T09:22:21.453-07:002011-11-03T09:22:21.453-07:00To modern ears it sounds very anti-female, but it&...To modern ears it sounds very anti-female, but it's just history that we must accept at face value and not criticize with our mindsets. I'm curious about the "purification" ritual for the mothers after the several weeks had passed.<br /><br />Julie (Canada)CollProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04033979782200010659noreply@blogger.com