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- Abhandlungsakten über Hausbesitz:
- House Records
- Abstammungskatei von Personen Jüdischer:
- Jewish Pedigrees
- Adressbücher:
- City Directories
- Arbeitsbuch-Protokolle:
- Labor Book Registration
- Armen-und Versorgungshäuser:
- Poorhouse Records
- Auswanderer Listen:
- Emigration Lists
- Bezirk:
- District
- Bezirksgerichte:
- District Courts
- Bistum:
- Bishopric or Diocese
- Bürgerbücher:
- Citizens' Lists
- Bürgerkataster:
- Land and Property Registers
- Eheakten:
- Marriage Deeds
- Eheverträge Verlassenschaften:
- Marriage Contracts
- Einwohnerlisten:
- List of Inhabitants
- Erbverträge:
- Inheritance Contracts
- Findelbücher:
- Foundling Books
- Grundbücher, Kaufbücher:
- Land Records
- Heimatscheinlisten:
- Certificates of Domicile
- Herrschaftsarchiv:
- Landlord Archives
- Kirchenbücher:
- Church Registers
- Konskriptionsregister:
- Conscription Lists
- Land:
- Province
- Lehensbücher:
- Feudal Tenure Books
- Magistratisches Zivilgericht:
- Magistrate's Court
- Musterunglisten:
- Army Muster Rolls
- Passkontrollen:
- Passport Controls
- Personenstandsgesetz:
- Census Returns
- Pfarr:
- Parish
- Rathaus:
- City or Town Hall
- Regierungsgebäude:
- Government Office
- Sonderstandesämter:
- Special Registers
- Staatsarchiv:
- State Archives
- Stadtarchiv:
- City Registers
- Standesamt:
- Register's Office
- Steuerbücher:
- Tax Books
- Taufen:
- Baptisms
- Testamente:
- Wills and Probate Records
- Totenbücher:
- Burials Lists
- Trauungen:
- Marriages
- Verfachbücher:
- Court Records
- Volkszählunglisten:
- Census Returns
- Waisenbücher:
- Orphans Lists
- Zunftbücher:
- Guild Records
- Civil Registrstion:
- Reichspersonenstandsgesetz
- Wills:
- Testamente
- Censuses:
- Volkszahlungen
- Police Registration:
- Einwohnermelderegister
- Military Records:
- Kriegslisten
- Certificate of Birth:
- Geburtszeugnis or Geburtsbrief
- Guild Records:
- Gilderbucher
- Local Family Books:
- Ortssippenbucher
- German Lineage Books:
- Deutsche Geschlechterbucher
- Funeral Sermons:
- Leichenpredigten
- City Directory:
- Adressbuch
- Citizenship Record:
- Burgerbuch
- Family Registers:
- Familienregister
- Court Records:
- Gerichtsprotokolle
- Land Records:
- Grundbucher
- Apprentice Records:
- Lehrlingsbucher
- Police Registers:
- Polizeiregister
- City Chronicles:
- Stadtchroniken
- Tax Records:
- Steuerbucher
- Newspapers:
- Zeitungen
- Emigration Lists:
- Auswanderungregister
- Grave Registers:
- Grabregister
- Parish Registers:
- Kirchenbucher
- Alt:
- Old
- Alter:
- Age
- Altest:
- Eldest
- Am:
- On the
- Aufgebote:
- Proclamation
- Bauer:
- Farmer
- Beerdigung:
- Burial
- Bemerkungen:
- Remarks
- Brautigam:
- Bridegroom
- Braut:
- Bride
- Bruder:
- Brother
- Copulation:
- Marriage
- Datum:
- Date
- Ehe:
- Marriage
- Ehefrau:
- Wife
- Enkel:
- Grandson
- Enkelin:
- Granddaughter
- Eheman:
- Husband
- Eltern:
- Parents
- Familie:
- Family
- Frau:
- Madame,Wife,Woman
- Fraulein:
- Miss,Young lady
- der Gatte:
- Husband (male spouse)
- die Gattin:
- Wife (female spouse)
- Geboren:
- Born
- Geburt:
- Birth
- Gestorben:
- Died
- Getauft:
- Christened
- Heirat:
- Marriage
- Im:
- In the
- Im alter von:
- Aged
- Jahr:
- Year
- Kind:
- Child
- Kinder:
- Children
- Kirche:
- Church
- Kirchengemeinde:
- Church Parish
- Kleinkind:
- Infant
- Knabe:
- Boy
- Kreis:
- County, District
- Land:
- State
- Madchen:
- Girl, Maiden
- Madchenname:
- Maiden Name
- Mann:
- Husband
- Monat:
- Month
- Mutter:
- Mother
- Name:
- Name
- Ort:
- Town, Place
- Pfarramt:
- Parish, Parishoffice
- Pfarrer:
- Pastor
- Schein:
- Certificate
- Schwester:
- Sister
- Sohn:
- Son
- Staat:
- State
- Stammbaum:
- Genealogical Tree
- Stadt:
- Town, City
- Stand:
- Condition, Occupation
- Standdesamt:
- Registers Office
- Starb:
- Died
- Starb Kinderlos:
- Died without issue
- Sterb:
- Died
- Sterbesdatum:
- Date of death
- Sterbesort:
- Place of death
- Tag:
- Day
- Tauf:
- Christening
- Taufen:
- Christen
- Taufpaten:
- Godparent
- Tochter:
- Daughter
- Tot:
- Dead
- Trau:
- Marriage
- Trauen:
- Marry
- Vater:
- Father
- Verbergen:
- Bury
- Veheiratet:
- Married
- Verstorben:
- Deceased
- Vorname:
- Given Name (first name)
- Witwe:
- Widow
- Witwer:
- Widower
- Wohnen:
- Live, Reside
- Wohnhaft:
- Resident
- Wohnort
- Dwelling Place
- Zuege:
- Witness
- Zuegen:
- Witnesses
- Zuname:
- Surname
- Karte:
- map
- Katholisch:
- Catholic
- Konfirmationbücher:
- Confirmation records
- Kriegsliste:
- Military records
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Abhandlungsakten über Hausbesitz-House Records
Abstammungskatei von Personen Jüdischer-Jewish Pedigrees
Adressbücher-City Directories
Arbeitsbuch-Protokolle-Labor Book Registration
Armen-und Versorgungshäuser-Poorhouse Records
Auswanderer Listen-Emigration Lists
Bezirk-District
Bezirksgerichte-District Courts
Bistum-Bishopric or Diocese
Bürgerbücher-Citizens' Lists
Bürgerkataster-Land and Property Registers
Eheakten-Marriage Deeds
Eheverträge Verlassenschaften-Marriage Contracts
Einwohnerlisten-List of Inhabitants
Erbverträge-Inheritance Contracts
Findelbücher-Foundling Books
Grundbücher, Kaufbücher-Land Records
Heimatscheinlisten-Certificates of Domicile
Herrschaftsarchiv-Landlord Archives
Kirchenbücher-Church Registers
Konskriptionsregister-Conscription Lists
Land-Province
Lehensbücher-Feudal Tenure Books
Magistratisches Zivilgericht-Magistrate's Court
Musterunglisten-Army Muster Rolls
Passkontrollen-Passport Controls
Personenstandsgesetz-Census Returns
Pfarr-Parish
Rathaus-City or Town Hall
Regierungsgebäude-Government Office
Sonderstandesämter-Special Registers
Staatsarchiv-State Archives
Stadtarchiv-City Registers
Standesamt-Register's Office
Steuerbücher-Tax Books
Taufen-Baptisms
Testamente- Wills and Probate Records
Totenbücher- Burials Lists
Trauungen-Marriages
Verfachbücher-Court Records
Volkszählunglisten-Census Returns
Waisenbücher-Orphans Lists
Zunftbücher-Guild Records
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ABBREVIATIONS USED IN GERMAN GENEALOGY
err (errechnet) approximated
geb. (geboren) born
get. (getauft) christened
gest. (gestorben) died
verh. (verheiratet) married
s.v. (sohn von) Son of
u.d. (und der) and the
d.j. (der junge) the young
d.a. (der alte) the old
t.v. (Tochter von) daughter of
wwer. (witwer) widower
wwe. (witwe) widow
Kath. (Katholisch) Catholic
Ev. (Evangelisch) Evangelical
Luth. (Lutheranisch) Lutheran
Bez. (Bezirke) district
K.B (Kirchenbuch) church book
Kr. (kreis) county, district
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Ancestor: A person from whom one is descended
Archive: Depository for historical or public records
Census: A count of the population
Congress of Vienna: An 1815 meeting that resulted in the restoration of power to rulers who
had lost land during the Napoleonic Wars
Descendant: Progeny from an ancestor
Emigrate: To leave one's native country
Entrepreneur: One who independently starts a business
Gazetteer: Geographical index of place names
Genealogical Society: Group that works to further and assist with genealogical research
Genealogy: The study of family descent
Hereditary: Property or culture passed down to descendants
Historico-linguistic: Historical development of language
Kinship: State of being related
Lineage: Linear descent from common ancestor
Maternal: Related through the mother
Narrative: Story or written account of something
Naturalization: Process by which a foreign-born individual becomes a citizen
Passenger List: Document that lists a ship's passengers by name
Paternal: Related through the father
Patronymic: Name derived from the father
Pedigree: An ancestral line
Standesamt: German civil registry office located in each town and city
Vital record: Record pertaining to the life data of a person
Abfahrtstag - date of departure
Ahnentafel - pedigree chart
Ankunftstag - date of arrival
Anschrift - address
Auswanderer - emigrant
Auswanderungsdatum - date of emigration
Beerdigung - funeral/burial
Beglaubigt - certified
Beruf - occupation
Bestimmungsort - destination
Braut - bride
Bräutigam - groom
Bruder - brother
Datum - date
Einwander - immigrant
Einwohner - resident
Eltern - parents
Enkelkind - grandchild
Evangelisch - Protestant
Familienbuch - family records
Friedhof - cemetery
Geburtsdatum - date of birth
Geburtsort - place of birth
Geburtszeugnis - birth certificate
Geshlechterbuch - lineage records
Geschwister - siblings
Grab - grave
Grosseltern - grandparents
Heimatsort - home town
Heiratsdatum - date of marriage
Herkunftsort - place of origin
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