Komaje (Kamai) parish. Which registers survive and from what year
Where it is
Komaje (today Kamai in Belarus, Pastavy district) is a small town with a parish church. The church was built in the early 17th century. It has thick walls with two round towers because it was also meant for defence.
Registers we have read
- Baptism register, 1715 to 1746
- National Library of Belarus in Minsk, manuscript 091/224К
- Marriage register with an entry from 1791
- FamilySearch microfilm 007790320
- Parish registers, 1802 to 1819
- FamilySearch microfilm 007792306
- Register transcripts, 1841 to 1885
- Lithuanian State Historical Archives in Vilnius (LVIA), fond 604, inventory 37, volumes 59, 68, 72, 75, 76, 108, 112, 113
These are the registers we have read ourselves. This is not a complete list of the registers of this parish.
The oldest baptism register is written in Latin. It has nearly five hundred pages.
Surnames read in these registers
- Gaul (also written Gaull, Gawul or Gawuł): baptisms in 1722, 1725, 1729, 1732, 1742, then records from 1791 to 1885
- Kulesza (also written Kulesz): 1725, 1732
Villages named in these records: Kruki, Muncewicze, Ciabuty, Olechniszki.
One record in full
Baptism of Kazimierz Gaul, 20 January 1732
Original text (Latin, abbreviations expanded)
Anno 1732 Januarij. Item die 20 Baptisatus est Casimirus Stanislai Gaull et Mariannae Conjugum de Kruki. Levantes Joannes Kulesz et Cristina Kuleszowa, ille de Kruki, illa de Muncewicze. 81.
In English
In the year 1732, in January. Also on the 20th was baptised Kazimierz, son of Stanisław Gaul with Marianna, spouses from Kruki. The godparents were Jan Kulesz with Krystyna Kuleszowa, he from Kruki, she from Muncewicze. Entry 81.
Archive reference
National Library of Belarus in Minsk, manuscript 091/224К, baptism register of Komaje parish for 1715 to 1746, entry 81 of 1732.
What we do not know
We do not list surnames that are written unclearly.
We have not read the registers of this parish for 1747 to 1790. We do not know whether they survive.
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