Commonly Used German Genealogical Symbols and their Meanings
Genealogische Symbole und Zeichen
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* = born, birth, baptism / Geboren, Geburten, Taufen |
(*) = born illegitimate / aussereheliche Geburt |
~ or ~~ = baptized / Getauft |
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K = confirmation / Konfirmationen |
o = engaged / Verlobt |
oo = marriages, married / Heiraten, Verheiratet |
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I oo = first marriage / 1.Ehe II oo = second marriage / 2.Ehe |
o-o = illegitimate or common law union / Freie Verbindung |
o/o or o|o = divorced / Geschieden |
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+ = deaths / Sterbefälle
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+ or +us or +g = died + = Gestorben +us or +g = Mortuus |
+* = stillborn / Totgeburt |
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/### = child of parent ### / Kind von ### |
++ = this line extinct / diese Linie ausgestorben |
X = killed in war / Gefallen |
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+X = died of wounds in war / an im Kampf erlittenen Wunden gestorben |
[] = buried / begraben |
ev = Evangelist / Evangelisch |
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luth = Lutheran / Lutherisch |
!! = Reverend / Pfarrer |
diss = Dissident church / Dissidenten |
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rk = Roman-Catholic / Römisch-Katholisch |
jued = Jewish / Juedisch |
ref = reforms / Reformiert |
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fr.ref. = French reforms / Französisch- Reformiert |
s. = see / siehe
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sta = register office register / Standesamtsregister |
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