Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-211).
Contents
Chapter 1 -- Overall Problems (Organization, spellings, dialectic words, foreign words and phrases, abbreviations, symbols and script conventions) / Chapter 2 -- Names (spellings, translations, grammatical endings, farm names, patronymics) / Chapter 3 -- Marriage Records (mixed marriages, divorces, missing marriage records) / Chapter 4 -- Baptismal Records (illegitimate children, children baptized by other pastors, missing baptismal records) / Chapter 5 -- Death Records (ages at death, missing death records, uses of death records) / Chapter 6 -- Confirmation Records (age at confirmation, missing confirmation records, other uses of confirmation records) / Chapter 7 -- Miscellaneous Records (family registers, lists of communicants, church council records, adopted children) / Chapter 8 -- Handwriting Examples (examples of alphabet letters, arabic numerals, church entries, family register)
Summary
German Church Books are a valuable resource for genealogical research. Until late in the 19th century , church records were the only records of births, marriages, deaths, etc. This book attempts to help the reader deal with books that were handwritten and in a foreign language.
