Podbrzezie (Paberžė) parish near Vilnius. Which registers survive and from what year
Where it is
Podbrzezie (today Paberžė in Lithuania) lies just under thirty kilometres north of Vilnius. The Bishop of Vilnius built the church here in 1484. Until about 1784 the town belonged to the bishops.
In 1865 the Russian authorities closed the parish. The church was turned into an Orthodox church.
Registers we have read
- Baptism register, 1782 to 1790
- Lithuanian State Historical Archives in Vilnius (LVIA), fond 3007, inventory 15, file 1
- Death register, 1782 to 1819
- LVIA, fond 3007, inventory 15, file 23
These are the registers we have read ourselves. This is not a complete list of the registers of this parish.
The baptism register opens in 1782, so earlier baptisms are not in it. The records are written in Latin. In the margin of each record the priest wrote the name of the village together with the record number.
Surnames read in these registers
- Markowicz (also written Markiewicz or Morkiewicz): baptisms in 1783, 1785 as well as 1787, deaths in 1794, 1800 as well as 1805
- Baniewicz: 1787
- Chrzczonowicz: 1783, 1785
- Doboszkiewicz: 1783
- Miecichowski: 1787
- Jurewicz: 1787
Villages named in these records: Niemenczynka, Brodziszki, Pikieliszki.
One record in full
Baptism of Rachela Antonina Markowicz, 23 September 1787
Original text (Latin)
Niemęczynka. 78. Die 23 7bris Ego idem qui supra Baptizavi Infantem nomine Rachaelem Antoninam natam die 20 huius Patris Bartholomaei Markowicz et Matris Annae Baniewiczowna Legit. Con. Lev. de Sacr. fonte Carolus Miecichowski cum Constantia Jurewiczowa.
In English
Village of Niemenczynka. Record 78. On the 23rd of September I, the same priest as above, baptised a child named Rachela Antonina, born on the 20th of this month, daughter of the lawful spouses: the father Bartłomiej Markowicz with the mother Anna Baniewicz. The godparents at the holy font were Karol Miecichowski with Konstancja Jurewicz.
Archive reference
LVIA, fond 3007, inventory 15, file 1, record 78 of 1787.
What we do not know
We do not list surnames that are written unclearly.
We have not read the registers of this parish from before 1782. We do not know whether they survive.
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