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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: Nick93 on Saturday 05 September 20 07:20 BST (UK)
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Heya, everybody. I've managed to find a family register, which includes a man who immigrated to America in the 1840s. There is a section here, I don't speak German, but it looks like it starts with an "ß." First half of the word looks like "ßereß..." something. I've heard that these books recorded if someone left the town for somewhere else and I think it might be a reference to his emigration, perhaps. My German is no good since high school but I *think* it looks like "gewandert" but I'm not sure.
https://i.imgur.com/87S8bvP.png
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"gewandert"
Google translator makes that "hiked", but also suggests: walked, wandered and MIGRATED ?? :-\
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Ah, I'm not quite sure, but thank you. I know the word for immigrated is "eingewandert" and I *think* I can make that out in the middle of the first word, but I can't quite tell if I'm reading it right or not.
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Ah, I'm not quite sure, but thank you. I know the word for immigrated is "eingewandert" and I *think* I can make that out in the middle of the first word, but I can't quite tell if I'm reading it right or not.
Can't help you there, sorry.
I couldn't read it at all. :'(
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No worries, thanks anyhow!
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could be "ausgewandert n(ach) Amerika"
I´m not sure about the heading, can you post the full page
Dave
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could be "ausgewandert n(ach) Amerika"
I´m not sure about the heading, can you post the full page
Dave
Oh, sure. Thanks, Dave, it's at the bottom part of the page. He's child number 4 on the list, Friedrich, born on April 6th
https://i.imgur.com/Mn00KfP.jpg
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The column heading is Verehelichung - marriage
"ausgewandert n(ach) Amerika"
Dave
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The column heading is Verehelichung - marriage
"ausgewandert n(ach) Amerika"
Dave
Thanks, Dave! Wow, that's great. I was quite sure this was the same guy I was looking for, he has the same birthdate as sourced by his gravestone in America and it's from the same village he was supposed to be from. Really, really glad that documentation was there!
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Dave to the rescue. Hurrah! :D
Nick, where did you find this register please?
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Hey there, MH, well, a while ago a now confirmed distant relative I found through rootsweb sent it to me, but also, someone in a previous thread I posted here last week provided me with this site:
https://www.archion.de/
I haven't used it yet but I think it has lots of church registers in Wurttemberg.
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Great. Thanks Nick. I will check it out.
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Great. Thanks Nick. I will check it out.
Sure thing, good luck!