From Gemini.google.com! This is a classic Polish Roman Catholic marriage record from November 5, 1921, written in the formal, highly structured legal-religious style of the era.
Here is a full breakdown and transcription of the key genealogical details captured across the two images:
Overview of the Event
- Document Number: No. 60
- Place of Event/Registration: Bzin (now part of Skarżysko-Kamienna)
- Date & Time: November 5, 1921, at 9:00 PM
- Location of Registry: Rejów
The Groom: Edward Biskup
- Status: Bachelor (kawaler)
- Age: 25 years old
- Profession: Elementary school teacher (nauczyciel ludowy)
- Birthplace: Lubenia (Little Poland / Małopolska)
- Current Residence: Rejów
- Parents: Son of Stanisław Biskup and Anna (née Mędrala)
The Bride: Anna Marjanna Kowalik
- Status: Spinster (panna)
- Age: 24 years old
- Current Residence: Rejów
- Parents: Daughter of Antoni Kowalik and Barbara (née Szczepkowska), born in Starachowice (parish of Wąchock)
Witnesses & Officiant
- Witness 1: Jerzy Fabjański, a farmer from Baraków, 24 years old
- Witness 2: Jan Markiewicz, a laborer from Rejów, 28 years old
- Officiant: Father Prefect Leonard Chojnacki (authorized by the local parish priest, Father Józef Węglicki)
Additional Details from the Record
- Banns: The marriage was preceded by three banns published in the local parish church on three consecutive Sundays: October 16, 23, and 30 of the current year (1921).
- Prenuptial Agreement: The newlyweds explicitly declared that they had not entered into any prenuptial financial agreement (nie zawarli umowy przedślubnej).
- Signatures: The document was read aloud to the newlyweds and witnesses, and then signed by them. You can clearly see the distinct handwritten signatures at the bottom of the first image:
- Edward Biskup (The groom)
- Anna Maryanna Kowalikówna (The bride, using the traditional unmarried daughter suffix “-ówna”)
- Jerzy Fabiański (Witness)
Would you like help translating any specific sentence or phrase from the old cursive script word-for-word?
