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MONTHS OF THE YEAR
Januar - January Februar - February Marz - March April - April Mai - May Juni - June Juli - July August - August September - September October - October November - November Dezember - December DAYS OF THE WEEK Sontag - Sunday Montag - Monday Dienstag - Tuesday Mittwoch - Wednesday Donnerstag - Thursday Freitag - Friday Samstag, Sonnabend, Satertag - Saturday |
COMMON FOR CHURCH RECORDS
aus/auf = from or born in bei/bey = by or near this place bruder = brother debelst = same place ehefrau = wife ehel. kind = legitimate child frau = mrs. or wife geb./geboren = nee or maiden name gest./gestorben = died gevatter = sponsor grossmutter = grandmother grossvater = grandfather halbbruder = half brother halbschwester = half sister hoffe/haus = house jahr = year jun. = junior junger = young kinde = child kirche = church mann = husband monaht = month mutter = mother nahmen/namen - name pater = father schwiegermutter = mother-in-law schwester = sister sohn = son sohnlein - little son soldat = soldier stunde=hour tag/tage = day/days tochter = daughter tochterlein - little daughter todt/todtgeboren = deadborn uhr = hour und = and uxor = the spouse of vater = father vid./vidua - widow virgo = virgin vor/von/vom = from vulgo = also known as witwe = widow of witwer = widower wochen = weeks zu = from zwilling = twin |
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Ackerknecht = farmers servant Ackermann = agriculture Altarist - chairman of the church board Backer = baker Bademutter = mid-wife Colon = homesteader, generally farmers named after 1830 Dreschler = lath turner Eidgeschworener = jury member Erzgraeber = ore miner Feldlaufer = field Foerster = forester Forstlaufer = forest warden Grobschmied - blacksmith Hausler = cottager landless laborer Hebamme = mid-wife Kirchenrechner = church accountant Knecht = servant Krueger - innkeeper, landlord Kuhhirt = herdsman Leibzuchter = retired (farmer) Leineweber = linen weaver Magd = handmaid, farm girl Mauer = bricklayer, mason Rademacher = wheelwright Schafer = shepherd Schneider = tailor Schmied = smith Schreiner - joiner Schulmeister/lehrer = teacher Schuster, Schumacher = shoemaker Schweinehirt - pig herder Tageloehner = day laborer Tishler = jointer (table, chair, board maker with timer) Zimmermann, Zimmermeister = carpenter, master carpenter LAND PROPERTY CLASS Ackerland = farmland Brinksitzer = only house and garden Einlieger = not own house, tenant, sub tenant Gutsherr = owner of estate Hofbesitzer = farm owner Kuehe = cows Pferde = horses Schweine = pigs Schafe = sheeps Vollmeier = about 70 acres and more |
DISEASES
Altersschwache = senile decay Auszehrung = consumption Blattern = smallpox Brustkrank (heit) = chest or heart disease Dumpfe (Engbrustigkeit) = chest contraction Entbindungsfolgen = accouchement results Entkraeftung = weakening Frieseln = rash, measles Gallenfieber = gall fever Gelbsucht = jaundice Geschwhur = ulcer, abcess Kindbettfieber = childbed fever Ruhr = dysentry Stickfluss = asthma Stickhusten/Keuchhusten = whooping cough Schlagfuss = stroke, apoplexy Schnuergen/Scheuerchen = weakness with spasms Schwindsucht = tuberculosis Wassersucht = dropsy Verstopfung = constipation |
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