LEDGER

The legend
Abbreviation used in this web site


    Born -
      Date born
    Died -
      Date died
    Bur:
      Date buried, at, etc
    Mar:
      Date marriage, where
    Add:
      Address
    Age:
      Age at death
    Note -
      Res:
        Residence or at one time resident there
      f. # - farm number in Germany (has the year of document it was found on)
    Rec:
      Record in German Church Books -
    (*) in front of, means it is their records
    no (*) then their name was just on the record, maybe a parent, etc.
    Chr:      Christening
    Cod:     Cause of death
     Con:     Confirmation
     Dea:     Death
     Div:      Divorce
     Edu:     Education
     Fro:      From
     Mil:      Military info
     Mis:      Miscellaneous
     Nam:    Name changes, etc
     Nat:      naturalization info
     Occ:      Occupation
     Par:      Parents of spouse of blood relative
     Pho:     Phone
     Pro:      Probate
     Rel:      Religion
     Sor:      Source
     Sur:      Survivor
     Imm:    Immigration info
     Inv:       Inventory
     Inf:       Information
    1ch -     how many children
     1gch -   how many grandchildren
     m1 -      how many marriages
     s -         single
     n.m -     never married
     bSun -   day-of-week born
    dSun -   day-of-week died
    d.a -       decease asthma
    d.c -       decease cancer
    d.d -       decease diabetic
    c.h -       decease heart trouble
    a.d -       accidental death
    br -         birth record
    chr -       christening record
    cr  -        confirmation record
    mr -        marriage record
    dr -         death record
    mi -        military records
    lr -          land records
    inv -       inventory list at estate sale
    will -      will
    nat -       naturalization papers
    pic -       picture
    ob -       obituary
    ts -         picture of tombstone
    cen1900 - census 1900 (or what ever year)
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