Help reading record

[Paul Sorensen]

Can anyone help with reading this record? I believe it is the birth record for Catharina Persdotter born 28 Sep 1748 in Landeryd, Östergötland, Sweden. I am trying to understand who her parents were and where they were from.

https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0016761_00113

[Klas Wallén]

Hi!

Catharina was born on September 28 during the evening, with father Peter Andersson and mother Brita Pärsdotter, at Åtorpet in Landeryd. She was baptized on October 2. Then they mention a lot of witnesses.

Regards


Klas

(Today there are two Golf courses at Landeryd, just outside the city of Linköping)

[Paul Sorensen]

Thank you.

[Klas Wallén]

You might not know this but the name Peter(sometime spelled Petter and Peder) was actually the same as Per and Pär. So a person could be baptized Peter but later be noted as Per or Pär depending on how other priests our clerks preferred to spell/use it. The same for Johan and Jan by the way.

[Paul Sorensen]

Thanks for the information about names. I wondered why some records had these differences.