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Purpose: To show examples of miscellaneous terms as presented in Croatian church documents.
For examples of months, see here.
For examples of dates, see Part 1 or Part 2.
The examples below were taken from Stanja Dus"a of the Konavle region of southern Croatia.
 Example of: agricoltore Barbier, Matteo Agricoltore ---------- Barbier, Matteo peasant |
 Example of: d'Ignoti, marito di Pasquale Mussio d'Ignoti marito di Anna -------------- Pasquale Mus"io, orphan [parents unknown] married to Ana |
 Example of: esp, espureo Cristoforo Cerberich esp -------------- Kristo Cerberic', orphan (esp = espureo = orphan, male) |
 Example of: espurea (split) Maria Marovzica [?] es(-) purea --------------- Maria Marovzica [?], orphan (espurea = orphan, female; not sure of surname) |
 Example of: figlia, loro figlia loro figlia = their daughter |
 Example of: figlio, loro figlio loro figlio = their son |
 Example of: mar: con mar: con = married with (to) |
 Example of: marit: con marit: con Giorgio ---------------- married with (to) D'uro (George) |
 Example of: maritata maritata a Ragusa ---------- married in Ragusa (Dubrovnik) |
Example of: marito di, d'Ignoti Pasquale Mussio d'Ignoti marito di Anna -------------- Pasquale Mus"io, orphan [parents unknown] married to Ana |
 Example of: mog, moglia Catt'a Vragnas mog di Giov. --------------- Katarina Vragnas, wife of Giovanni (Ivo, John) (mog = moglia = wife) |
 Example of: mogl:, moglia mogl: di Vincenzo [mogl = moglia = wife] ---------------- wife of Vicko (Vincent) |
 Example of: moglia (split) Maria Paglietak mo(-) glia di Giovanin ------------------ Maria Paljetak, wife of Giovani (Ivo, John) (moglia is split but with no hyphen) (It helps to know the current surnames in the villages and how they spell their names today.) |
 Example of: moglie, sua moglie sua moglie = his [?] wife |
 Example of: nahod Josip-Petar Malkovic' -- Nah ------------- Nah = nahod = orphan (male) |
 Example of: nahod Novic', Tripo -- N. ------------ N = nahod = orphan (male) |
 Example of: nata prima del matrimonia nata prima del matrimonia ---------- born before marriage |
 Example of: naviga Naviga ---------- sailor |
 Example of: serve Serve a Stagno ---------- servant in Ston |
 Example of: sposata sposata in Cuscelj ---------- married into the Kus"elj family |
 Example of: u Svietu u Svietu = into the world, abroad (he's traveling) |
 Example of: umro umro u tavnici Istrija ---------- died in a dungeon in Istria |
 Example of: z"ena II z"ena ---------- second wife |
 Example of: z"ena Ia: z"ena ---------- first wife (I, super a, colon = prva = 1st) |