German Marriage Records Translation

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German marriage records translation.

There are three dates of proclamation the public notice of the marriage banns and one for the copulation the actual marriage. The fathers occupation and towns of residence. Includes some german baptism marriage and death indexes and other items. Familysearch also has some digitized microfilm of german genealogy records.

German terms for these records include standesamtsregister zivilstandsregister or personenstandsregister. Civil registration records are records of births marriages and deaths kept by the government. Marriage records generally have four dates listed. Top 9 german translation websites and resources.

These are my favorite german translation websites for genealogy and yes i use them myself. Lr whatever that means marriage dispensation with or without denunciation. Symbol deutsch english geboren born aussereheliche geburt born illegitimate getauft baptized getauft baptized o verlobt engaged oo verheiratet married i oo 1e verheiratet 1st marriage ii oo 2e verheiratet 2nd marriage gestorben died us mortuus died g mortuus died totgeburt stillborn o o geschieden divorced o o geschieden divorced o o freie verbindung illegimate or common law. Even if you don t speak or read german however you can still make sense of most genealogical documents found in germany with the understanding of a few key german words common english genealogy terms including record types events dates and relationships are listed here along with german words with similar meanings such as words commonly used in germany to indicate marriage including.

General familysearch genealogy records germany requires free registration. Name of first wife or husband if it is a second marriage place of birth names of parents for marriages. Unless somebody specifically asks for a full translation translators will translate the essential facts date of event names and ages place and parish any other useful information included e g. Standesbeamte at the civil.

If the word you are looking for is not on this list please consult a german english dictionary the online grimm deutsches wörterbuch one of the best sources or other regional online dictionaries found at woerterbuchnetz de latin words are often found in german records and a few are included in this list. They are an excellent source for information on names and dates and places of births marriages and deaths. See the latin word list 34077. If you would like the entire translation reference guide for your marriage certificate it can be found here.

I never did come to any resolution with bits of it but i can always ask a german friend or post the record in the genealogy translations facebook group to get help with those little bits and to have them correct my translation. These records are kept by the civil registrar german.