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Titles in parish archives

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Posted to Message board on August 3, 2021 by Richard Pouzar.

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In spending a lot of time browsing the Czech archives, looking at birth, marriage, and death records, I have come across many titles from sedlak and chalupnik to rusticum (my ancestors were peasants). Today, though, on one page, I came across these titles and have no idea what they mean or where I could find out - "consul", "texor", and "navigator". They are the bottom three listings on the left side of this page: https://digi.ceskearchivy.cz/4165/106/1396/2372/79/0

Can anyone help?

Thanks for listening.

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To Richard P. - Latin occupations

Comment by yvegen on August 9, 2021 at 5:23pm

Hi Richard,

In the old records, the 'consul' could be a mayor. I know the 'textor' was a weaver (mostly spelled with the t and derived from texo - to weave), and the 'navigator' could mean a sailor or seaman. Welcome other ideas. IB