Hi, I know this baptism record is in Latin. It is Catholic from 1910 Chicago, so I assume all their records at the time are in Latin. HOWEVER, their surnames are the same & not translated to Latin. All the adults named in the record are from Czechia & immigrated to the US in the 1880s. I’m working through czech birth records, and the name i have highlighted is the maiden name of my 3x great grandmother. If i could just figure out what that surname is I think I can track down more info on this side of my family. Any help is greatly appreciated!!!! I believe they were from the Březí area if that helps figuring out that surname. Thank you in advance!!!!

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  1. it looks like Veknice Milevsko, but Veknice doesn’t net anything on google, while Milevsko is a small town in here

    and it’s not a surname 😀 so it’s gotta be wrong!

  2. I see “e loco” on that line, I’m guessing it should be related to a place, not a surname. So I’d say they wrote what they heard, it could be “vesnice Milevsko”. Looks like it, idk

  3. it’s not a surname, it says “vesnice Milevsko”, which means “village Milevsko”

  4. It says “nato vesnice Milevsko” which means “born in a village called Milevsko”. Nowadays its a small town.

    Not a surname… It doesnt make sense to write down their surnames as they should be the same as the surname of their kid.

  5. What is says:

    I baptise you Helene Anne [first and second name] Doubek [last name] born on [redacted],

    [daughter] of Joseph Doubek and Anna Podlešák [maiden name, married Doubek].

    Joseph Doubek is the son of Joseph and Catherine, born in the village Milevsko

    Anna Podlešák is the daughter of Josepf and Catherine, born in Boh. (abbreviation).

    Godparents: Carl Pečanka and Maria, his wife

    ​

    Signed Reverend V. Štěpán.

  6. ***i can’t figure out how to edit it on the post but this has been answered!!! Thank you so much everyone, off to do more research! Also now I have another village to visit when I go on my ancestry vacation 🙂 Over half of my family came from Czechia so i’m super excited to get these answers. THANK YOU AGAIN!!

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