Side notes with dates on parish records

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I have here two Austrian Catholic baptism record from 1883 and 1893 with numerous dates scribbled at the side or at the bottom of the record:

What do these dates denote? Maybe whenever a birth/baptism certificate was issued?

phk · Accepted Answer

One usage is apparently to note whenever a copy transcript was made, I found entries where it stated that a baptism certificate was made (often happened before a marriage).

bgwiehle · Answer

Is there a column heading or is this in a page margin?
Typically printed baptismal records had extra columns for confirmations, and for comments. I've also seen vaccination records, emigration notes, parish transfers, death dates, etc. in the comments fields. (Marriage and burial records can also include a number of interesting details in the comments column).
It is probable from the format of the numbers, that some of the combinations are actually reference numbers to other records or correspondence to the parish.

Side notes with dates on parish records

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