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Symbols & Abbreviations
[used in church records]
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Symbol / Abbr. |
Deutsch |
English |
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J |
jahr alt |
years old |
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ca. |
circa |
about |
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*
/ geb. / nat. |
geboren / natus, nata |
born |
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~~
/ get. |
getauft |
baptized, christened |
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(*) / spur. |
aussereheliche Geburt / spurius,
spuria |
born illegitimate |
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~ / ~~ |
getauft |
baptized |
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ren. |
renatus, renata |
baptized, christened |
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o |
verlobt |
engaged |
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weibl. |
weiblich |
feminine |
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ma"nnl. |
ma"nnlich |
masculine |
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Sv/Sd |
sohn von/sohn des |
son of |
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oo
/ getr. |
verheiratet / getraut |
married |
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I
oo |
1.
Ehe |
1st marriage |
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II oo |
2.
Ehe |
2nd marriage |
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+
/ gest. |
gestorben |
died |
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+us / +g |
mortuus |
died |
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+* |
totgeburt |
stillborn |
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0
/ verl. |
verlobt |
engaged |
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verh. |
verheiratet |
married |
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ux. |
uxor |
wife |
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o/o |
geschieden |
divorced |
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Vid. / Wwr / Wwe |
vidua/viduus - witwe/witwer |
widow/widower |
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ehel |
ehelich |
legitimate |
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o-o / unehel. |
freie Verbindung |
illegitimate or common law union |
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X |
gefallen |
killed in action at war |
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+X |
an
im Kampf erlittenen Wunden
gestorben |
died of wounds suffered while at
war |
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[] / beg. |
begraben |
buried |
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++ |
diese Linie ausgestorben |
this line extinct |
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!! |
Pfarrer |
Priest |
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/### |
Kind von ### |
child of parent ### |
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u.
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und |
and |
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ud |
und des |
and of |
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um |
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about |
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Tg |
tage |
day |
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Mo |
monat |
month |
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Trz |
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witness to marriage |
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Tv/Td |
tochter von / tochter des |
daughter of |
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Ki |
kinder |
child/children |
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N.N. |
nomen nescio |
name not known |
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H-Nr |
haus # |
house number in the town |
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Ansiedl. |
epod. - eodem (the same) |
settler |
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