* - gebornen (born)

~~ - getrauft (baptized)

0 - verlobt (engaged)

00 - verheiratet (married)

I 00 - 1st verheiratet (1st marriage)

II 00 - 2nd verheiratet (2nd marriage)

+ - gestorben (died)

+us or +g - mortuus (died)

0/0 - geschieden (divorced)

0-0 - freie Verbindung (illegimate or common law marriage)

X - gefallen (killed in war)

+X - an im Kampf erlittenen Wunden gestorben (died of wounds in war)

!! - Pfarrer (Reverend)

(###) - (child of parent ###)

Ansiedl. - (settler)

beg. - begraben (buried)

ca. - circa (about)

epod. - eodem (the same)

ehel - ehelich (legitimate)

geb. - geboren (born)

gest. - gestorben (died)

get. - getauft (baptized, christened)

getr. - getraut (married)

H-Nr - haus # (house number in the town)

J - jahr alt (years old)

Ki - kinder (child/children)

ma"nnl. - ma"nnlich (masculine)

Mo - monat (month)

N.N. - nomen nescio (name not known)

nat. - natus, nata (born)

ren. - renatus, renata (baptized, christened)

spur. - spurius, spuria (illegitimate)

Sv/Sd - sohn von/sohn des (son of)

Tg - tage (day)

Trz - (witness to marriage)

Tv/Td - tochter von/tochter des (daughter of)

u. - und (and)

ud - und des (and of)

um - (about)

unehel. - (illegitimate)

ux. - uxor (wife)

verh. - verheiratet (married)

verl. - verlobt (engaged)

Vid. - vidua/viduus (widow/widower)

weibl. - weiblich (feminine)

Wwr/Vid/Wwe - witwe/witwer (widow/widower)

Sources: 1. Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, The Genealogical Lib. Series C., No. 500. 1983.

2. Various Donauschwaben Ortssippenbuchen.

Compiled by Dennis J. Bauer, 5 Oct. 1996.