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The Register of Baptisms for the Lutheran Church at Blücher, Mecklenburg is open at September - December 1771. The record highlighted in yellow is the record of the baptism of Frantz Hinrich Stebens, son of Jochim Hinrich Stebens of Tympkenberg. Typically, in this period infants were baptised on the 3rd day after birth. Thus as Frantz was baptised on 2nd August 1771, one may assume that he was born on or about 30th July 1771. Those who were the godparents or sponsors of his baptism were Frantz Hinrich Abbe, Jurgen Hinrich Schröder & Anna Elizabeth Ehlers(en), all of Blücher. Other surnames recorded on these pages include Best, Bölger, Brookmuller, Carvak, Drinkgern, Gehrke, Greve, Hagemann, Henning, Köster, Lembke, Lubbert, Pape, Pink, Schutt, Teppe, Tevers, Timm, Ukermann, Wille, Wohlke, Woneran. Towns and villages that are mentioned include the small villages of the parish (Blücher, Besitz, Dersenow, Kuhlenfeld, Niendorf) as well as towns further afield (Boizenburg), even more than 100kms away (Bremen). This indicates the considereable interaction and movement that occured between such an insignificant rural community and other centres even in the late 1700s.
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