Where do I start looking for German births and baptisms.

[TreeSpirit]

I'm between 2 languages myself, but I like to talk and practice makes perfect ...LOL

Have you tried my second and preferred option via Google translate that does such an amazing job nowadays. Here is the result for a German to English translate:
https://translate.google.com.au/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.online-ofb.de%2Ffamreport.php%3Fofb%3Dgrohn%26ID%3DI09732&edit-text=&act=url

[davecapps]

If you look a the corresponding document in Ancestry

https://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61007&h=1100087&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=CBn1&_phstart=successSource

Entry 234 reads:

Johann Bollmann, Reepschläger und Einhäusling in Gröhden¹ und Meta² ge
borene, Wihms, den 5 Nov geb Sohn, genannt: Hermann. Gev(atter). Hermann Hinke
und Meta Hinke

Johann Bollmann, ropemaker and day worker in Gröhden¹ and Meta² nee Wihms on the 5 Nov. born son Hermann
Witnesses: Hermann Hinke and Meta Hinke


¹Gröhden – that will be Grohn
https://www.meyersgaz.org/place/10626025

²Meta could well be a nickname


Treespirts link to the OFB´s is a perfect hit

Dave

[solidrock]

If you look a the corresponding document in Ancestry

https://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61007&h=1100087&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=CBn1&_phstart=successSource

Entry 234 reads:

Johann Bollmann, Reepschläger und Einhäusling in Gröhden¹ und Meta² ge
borene, Wihms, den 5 Nov geb Sohn, genannt: Hermann. Gev(atter). Hermann Hinke
und Meta Hinke

Johann Bollmann, ropemaker and day worker in Gröhden¹ and Meta² nee Wihms on the 5 Nov. born son Hermann
Witnesses: Hermann Hinke and Meta Hinke


¹Gröhden – that will be Grohn
https://www.meyersgaz.org/place/10626025

²Meta could well be a nickname


Treespirts link to the OFB´s is a perfect hit

Dave

Blimey. More German to translate, it can wait until tomorrow. Thanks for the link.

[davecapps]

What do you want to translate?

I´ve already translated the entry 234

[Karen McDonald]

Hi,

Just wanted to add some info to Dave's translation.

Meta is an old name, usually - but not necessarily - the short form of Margaretha/Margarethe/Margarete.

Just in case it helps with further research...

Best regards,
Karen

[solidrock]

Hi,

Just wanted to add some info to Dave's translation.

Meta is an old name, usually - but not necessarily - the short form of Margaretha/Margarethe/Margarete.

Just in case it helps with further research...

Best regards,
Karen

Hi Karen, Thank you for that additional info it could help a lot. There is some confusion on who was Johann's wife, it could be Wilhelmine Wiems or Metta Wismer, trying to find the marriage record for Johann, hoping it was in the same church,  St. Martini, Lesum.

[SwissGill]

My gt grandmother's christian name was Margaretha. Her brother who emigrated to the States called his first chiled "Meta".

Interesting, there are a few "prominent" women in Switzerland with the name "Meta".