German Marriage Records Translation

Standesbeamte at the civil.

German marriage records translation.

They are an excellent source for information on names and dates and places of births marriages and deaths. 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. 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. There are three dates of proclamation the public notice of the marriage banns and one for the copulation the actual marriage.

Civil registration records are records of births marriages and deaths kept by the government. Using german church records. These are my favorite german translation websites for genealogy and yes i use them myself. If it s handwriting help you are looking for consider joining our premium group weekly access to live office hours where you can ask katherine your tricky transcription and translation questions and get immediate answers.

Includes some german baptism marriage and death indexes and other items. This is a great site for transcribing german genealogy documents especially if you can only recognize some of the letters in a word. 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. See the latin word list 34077.

Name of first wife or husband if it is a second marriage place of birth names of parents for marriages. Top 9 german translation websites and resources. German terms for these records include standesamtsregister zivilstandsregister or personenstandsregister. Marriage records generally have four dates listed.

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. Familysearch also has some digitized microfilm of german genealogy records. General familysearch genealogy records germany requires free registration. These records are kept by the civil registrar german.

To view some of the images you must be at an lds family history center or a familysearch affiliated library. If you would like the entire translation reference guide for your marriage certificate it can be found here.