*

Date of birth

Christening date

Marriage

I

First marriage (I may be in parentheses)

II

Second marriage (II may be in parentheses)

o/o

geschieden (divorced)

o-o

Not married

+

Date of death

gef.

Gefallen (fallen person — deaths in this category
will be limited to war years, i.e.,
1870-1871, 1914-1918, 1939-1945)

 or #

Date of burial

*+

Died on day of birth

+*

Born dead

o

Confirmation

vorehel.

Vorehelich (premarital agreement)

B.

Bruder (brother)

E.

Eltern (parents)

M.

Mutter (mother)

Schw.

Schwester (sister)

Gl

Gulden (Dutch coin)

Rth

Reichstaler/Ruthtaler

Sch

Schaf (sheep)

S.d.

Sohn des (son of)

T.d.

Tochter des (daughter of)

V.

Vater (father)

Wwe, Wwr

Witwe(r) (widow, widower)

Hw

Hinweis (Reference to)

s.

siehe (see...)

S.

Seite (page...)

vgl.

Vergleiche (compare/see also)

procl.

Proclamiert (Proclamation)

ki

kirchlich (Ecclesiastical)

st

standesamtl. (Registry Office for Marriages)

StAStaatsarchiv

State Archive

landwirt

Farmer

lgbr.

Landgebraucher (Most likely a renter of tillable acres.
Landowners were "dikke Burren" (Platt)
or rich farmers)

Posthum
Nach dem Tode des Vaters geboren

Born after the death of the father.

Schatzung

Assessment, estimation of value

P

Pferde (horse)

O

Ochsen (oxen)

K

Kühe (cows)

E

Enter (ducks)

C

Confirmation

ppr

Pauper / Arm (pauper - poor)

Rt

Reichstaler (large small)

Sch

Schap (small coin)

Witt

Witten (very small coin)

St.

Standesamtliche Heirat (Marriage)
(wedding as recorded in civil records)

vor

Before

Dienstmagd

Servant, female

Dienstknecht

Servant, male

Bäcker

Baker

Soldat

Soldier

Weber

Weaver

Arb.

Arbeiter - day laborer (also called Tagelöhner)

Landadel

Landed gentry

Kaufman

Merchant, shopkeeper, trader

Kap.

Kapitãn (sea captain)

Schiff

Ship

Schiffer

Sailor, boatman

Schiffseigner

Ship owner