USEFUL VOCABULARY TERMS:

 

GERMAN                             ENGLISH                             EXAMPLES

 

Alter                                                       Age

Amt                                                        Office

Anschrift                                               Address

Auswanderungs akt                            Emigration Act

Beruf                                                      Occupation                                            Ackerer/Farmer

Bestimmungsort                                  Destination

Bundesland                                           State/Land                                             Rheinland-Pfalz

Erwachsen                                             Adult

Evangelische                                        Evangelical                                           Protestant/Lutheran                           
Familienbuch                                       Family register
Flächenländer                                      Area State                                                             

Friedhof                                                                Cemetery                                                             

Geboren/Geburten                              Born/Birth
Geburtsort                                            Birthplace

Geirf                                                       Region

Gemeinde                                             Municipality

Gewerbe                                                Occupation

Heiraten                                                Marriage
Herkunftsort                                        Place of Origin

Höhe                                                      Height

Kanton                                                   County

Katholische                                           Catholic
Kinder                                                   Kinder

Kirche (K.)                                            Church
Kirchenbuch                                         Church records book
Konfirmationen (Konfirm.)              Confirmation
Kreis (Kr.)                                             District (county)                                   Kusel or Kaiserlautern
Landkreise                                            District                                                   Rhineland/Palatine or Kusel

Ledig                                                      Single

Ort                                                          Place

Pfarrei, Pfarrkirche (Pfk.)                   Parish, Parish church
Quelle                                                    Source

Rathaus                                                  City Hall

Regierungsbezirk                                                Region/Administrative District        Rheinland-Pfalz

Standesamt (StdA.)                              Civil registration office/

“Family Registrar’s Office”

Sterbe                                                     Death

Taufen                                                    Baptism
Tote                                                        Death
Verbandsgemeinde                             “Convention Community”               Neunkirchen am Potzberg/Altenglan

Verheiratet                                           Married

Vorname                                               Given name                                          Peter/Jacob/Johan=Hansi; Susannah

Wohin                                                    Destination

Zivilstandsregister                              Civil registration records

Zurname                                               Surname                                                Weber/Kempf/Stouffer/Strickler