reading german script part i

Reading German ScriptPart I

Reading German ScriptPart I

Systematic learning and support

Author Norbert Willmann www.nw-service.at

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Systematic learning and support

Translated by Iris Luschin Fuchs

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Reading German Script

Under http://matricula-online.eu/ the following register can be found.St. Georgen am Walde, Trauungsbuch 1649-1692, Februar 1653 page 00008.jpg

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It is not necessary to learn one of the old scripts beforehand, such as Kurrent, Süterlin, etc.

This script has similarities with many scripts, some Latin, some letters are from the old German script, and some were invented by the scribe.

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Some pages later another scribe may have done his work, at this point it is then necessary to start over with deciphering this new script.

This presentation will show how this can be done.




This page illustrates the process of learning 300-year-old script.

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LesenFirst of all, the recording system of these entries must be identified.

According to the entries in the register these are marriage records.

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This page illustrates the process of learning 300-year-old script.




In former times, registers were kept simply in chronological order.

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In former times, registers were kept simply in chronological order. In the left example you can see the date. The first legible entry is 18 February.


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The obvious 4 entries are framed.

In former times, registers were kept simply in chronological order. In the left example you can see the date. The first legible entry is 18 February.


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In former times, registers were kept simply in chronological order. In the left example you can see the date. The first legible entry is 18 Februar.

The obvious 4 entries are framed.

Idem, Eodem, Eadem in registers derives from the Latin ‘idem’, meaning ‘the same’ or ‘same’. In this example ‘the same date’, thus 18 Feb.

This is the fifth legible entry on this page, however with little data.

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Now the structure of the entry will be examined more closely. We cannot assume that all entries will have been kept in the same manner, as we will see later on.


18 February Copulti (bride and groom) sunt (that are)

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18 February Copulti (bride and groom) sunt (that are) Joannes Magenpaur soluty (abbreviation for solutus = unmarried man) et (and)

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18 February Copulti (bride and groom) sunt (that are) Joannes Magenpaur soluty (abbreviation for solutus = unmarried man) et (and) Catharina Moserin soluta (single woman),

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18 February Copulti (bride and groom) sunt (that are) Joannes Magenpaur soluty (abbreviation for solutus = unmarried man) et (and) Catharina Moserin soluta (single woman), testes (witnesses):

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18 February Copulti (bride and groom) sunt (that are) Joannes Magenpaur soluty (abbreviation for solutus = unmarried man) et (and) Catharina Moserin soluta (single woman), testes (witnesses): Georg Staindl

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18 February Copulti (bride and groom) sunt (that are) Joannes Magenpaur soluty (abbreviation for solutus = unmarried man) et (and) Catharina Moserin soluta (single woman), testes (witnesses): Georg Staindl judge at Neukirch et (and) Georgius Magenpaur

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Here are the details of the spelling of the given name ‘Georg’. The first letter seems More like a ‘B’ than a ‘G’.

Below an excerpt of a script sampler showing all ‘Gs’ of the 17th and 18th cent., many of them resemble a ‘B’ much more than a ‘G’.

So concerning the initial letter let it be said that there is no ‘Beorg’ but only a ‘Georg’. For more details see the next slide.

Script sampler download: http://www.nw-service.at/zip/41-Alte-schriften.pdf

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With this name it is easier to start with the spelling at the end. The ‘g’ at the end can be clearly read, as well as the ‘r’ preceding it. An ‘rg’ at the end of a name only applies to ‘Georg’ (or is variation ‘Georgius’).

Another detail: in this script we can actually read ‘Geörg’. This peculiarity of Umlauts is also found with ‘a’, resp. ‘ä’, in the geographic area north of the Danube. The ‘a’ in the word ‘hard’ is pronounced with an open ‘a’ in dialect. The ‘a’ in ‘talk’ is pronounced with the mouth closed a bit more, thus the ‘ä’ in ‘Härtl’ indicates an open ‘a’.

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Here are the details of the spelling of the given name ‘Georg’. The first letter seems More like a ‘B’ than a ‘G’.

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When learning to read script, it is easier to start with the given name and to payspecial attention to the initial letter and any double letters.

From the aforementioned structure the given name is easily detected.


LesenAll first or given names are now framed. Everyone can now attempt to read the names.

Some are more easily read, while others are quite difficult to identify.

From the aforementioned structure the given name is easily detected.

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LesenMatthias, Johannes, Catharina, Georg, Georgius, Paulus, Catharina,

Zacharias, Martha, Philip, Martin,

Urban, Maria, Georg, Jacob, Thomas,

Fridrich, Magdalena, Ulrich, Carl

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The names Matthias, Martha and Martin, Maria Magdalena all help us recognize how the scribe of the register wrote the ‘M’.



Using Catharina (2x)and Carl, the ‘C’ can be identified.

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The names Matthias, Martha and Martin, Maria Magdalena all help us recognize how the scribe of the register wrote the ‘M’.

First of all, the recording system of these entries must be identified. According to the entries in the register these are marriage records.

So when the bride and groom went to register their marriage, they were asked their names. Whatever the priest audibly understood, he wrote down. For this reason spelling of family names can differ from one entry to the next.

In the entry framed here, the priest only noted the names of the bride and groom -- no location, no witnesses.

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Now some distinctive features of this script. Let’s look at the ‘h’, often used in connection with ‘t’ as in ‘th’, or with ‘c’ as in ‘ch’.


In this slide we see the ‘u’ with a curved line above it framed in blue.

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In this slide we see the ‘u’ with a curved line above it framed in blue. However in the word ‘Paulus’ (red) the line above the ‘u’ is missing, as this name is written in ‘pure’ Latin script. In Latin the ‘u’ has no curved line or check above it.

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We can distinguish between two ‘h’s: the small ‘h’ as in ‘Catharina’, ‘Zacharias’, and ‘Martha’, and the long ‘h’ as in ‘Philip’, ‘Holzmül’, ‘Neuhauser’, ‘Thomas’, ‘Pichler’, ‘Richter’ and ‘allhir’.

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We can distinguish between two ‘h’s: the small ‘h’ as in ‘Catharina’, ‘Zacharias’, and ‘Martha’, and the long ‘h’ as in ‘Philip’, ‘Holzmül’, ‘Neuhauser’, ‘Thomas’, ‘Pichler’, ‘Richter’ and ‘allhir’.

As we can see in the word ‘Aschauerin’ (red), in the ‘sch’ the long ‘h’ is used as well.

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In another example we try to read a given name with an ‘h’.

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Again we will try to spell out the name starting with the last letter and going backward. We have not yet touched on the ‘s’, but the last letter is a round ‘s’. Before that there is an ‘o’ or an ‘a’, then a very legible ‘m’, then a very clear ‘o’ and before that an ’h’. All that sums up to ‘homos’ or ‘homas’ – the only thing that makes sense is ‘Thomas’.

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In another example we will try to read a given name with an ‘h’. In the blue frame we can clearly see the ‘h’ as the second letter.


Even though the initial letter can be made out from the rest of the letters, a look to the script sampler confirms the written ‘T’.

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In another example we will try to read a given name with an ‘h’. In the blue frame we can clearly see the ‘h’ as the second letter.

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Here is another example of a name with an ‘h’ and two ‘u’ each with a curve above it.


Here is another example of a name with an ‘h’ and two ‘u’ each with a curve above it. The name occurs twice, this provides a good comparison.

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We start with the already known ‘h’. Then there is an ‘a’ and a ‘u’, thus a ‘au’. Then we see a long ‘s’ and the last letter is an ‘r’. The letter before the last is an ‘e’, pulled down by the long ‘s’. This results in ‘-hauser’ as the second part of the name.


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Before the ‘h’ is an ‘u’ with a curve and before that an ‘e’, which makes an’eu’. We recognize the initial letter as an ‘N’, which results in the Name ‘Neuhauser’.The current telephone directory still lists people of that name in St. Georgen am Walde.



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From the script sampler all ’s’, ‘ss’ and ‘ß’. The ‘s’ in ‘hauser’ is similar to the ‘s’ framed in red, only a bit shorter at the top.




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From the script sampler all ’s’, ‘ss’ and ‘ß’. The ‘s’ in ‘hauser’ is similar to the ‘s’ framed in red, only a bit shorter at the top. The ‘s’ framed in green are round ‘s’ at the end of a word, as in ‘Thomas’.

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A hard-to-read name as a final example.

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A hard-to-read name as a final example. In the last entry, the name of the first witness is hard to read. As a second or third letter we can recognize an ‘l’.

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After that a relatively good ‘r’ and then an ‘i’ , whose dot is hidden in the lower loop of the ‘h’ from ‘alhir’ on the upper line. The result is ‘...lri..’. In the Genealogie-lexikon (dictionary of Genealogy) among the 20000 terms contained there are only 10 entries which match the search, among them is Ulrich and similar spellings.


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After that a relatively good ‘r’ and then an ‘i’ , whose dot is hidden in the lower loop of the ‘h’ from ‘alhir’ on the upper line. The result is ‘...lri..’. In the Genealogie-lexikon (dictionary of Genealogy) among the 20000 terms contained there are only 10 entries which match the search, among them is Ulrich and similar spellings.

So, the last two letters are a ‘ch’. In the script sampler we find no match for the ‘h’ written very elaborately at the end.

Also for the fancy initial ‘U’ there is no explanation, especially since we can find a ‘U’ in the entry above and can clearly read it. Just very creative HANDWRITING!!!


A hard-to-read name as a final example. In the last entry, the name of the first witness is hard to read. As a second or third letter we can recognize an ‘l’.


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Now to decipher another letter, the ‘p’.


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Now to decipher another letter, the ‘p’. The surname ‘Paur’ is a common name, also appearing often in compound surnames. Shown here ‘Magenpaur’.


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In ‘Philip’ we can also see a ‘p’ as final letter.


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In ‘Philip’ we can also see a ‘p’ as final letter.The capital ‘P’ ……..



In ‘Philip’ we can also see a ‘p’ as final letter.The capital ‘P’s are found in ‘Philip’, Pleimbl’,‘Plindtenhofferin’, ‘Payrederin’, ‘Payrer’ and ‘Pöckh’. The ‘chk’ combination should be mentioned here. It occurs in ‘Pöckh’ as well in the names ‘Planckh’ and ‘Peckhenbaur’.


18 febs Copulati sunt Johannes Magenpaur, soluty et Cahtharina Moserin soluta, Testes Georg Staindl Richter zu Neukirch? et Georgi Magenpaur---- Idem Paulus Schlager & Catharina …….…. Testes

19. Cop. sunt Zacharias Brazenlecher & Martha Aschauerin an der Loibn. Testes Philip Pleimbl und Martin

Steiner an der Holzmühl20. Urban Neuhauser und Maria Plindtenhofferin

JS M (ST): Georg. Testes Jacob Neuhauser und Thomas Pichler23. Fridrich Röltinger ?, Richter alhier und Magdalena

Payrederin; Testes Ulrich Payrer und CarlRöltinger? Pöckh (= Bäcker) alhir

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Here is the almost complete text:

The names with the dots have to be deciphered after comparing them with furtherpages of the same scribe, also those with ‘?’. ‘Röltinger’ could also be ‘Nöltinger’. ‘R’ as in ‘Richter’.


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Another example from a page of a Birth Register from Vitis, Lower Austria, November 1710. First, we need to be aware of the structure of the entry.


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1. given names: Maria



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1. given names: Maria, Georg



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1. given names: Maria, Georg,Elisabetha



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1. given names: Maria, Georg,Elisabetha, Paul



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1. given names: Maria, Georg,Elisabetha, Paul,Eva



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1. given names: Maria, Georg,Elisabetha, Paul,Eva, Leopold



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1. given names: Maria, Georg,Elisabetha, Paul,Eva, Leopold, Wolf



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1. given names: Maria, Georg,Elisabetha, Paul,Eva, Leopold, Wolf, Gregor



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1. given names: Maria, Georg,Elisabetha, Paul,Eva, Leopold, Wolf, Gregor, Magdalena



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1. given names: Maria, Georg,Elisabetha, Paul,Eva, Leopold, Wolf, Gregor, Magdalena, Paulus



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1. given names: Maria, Georg,Elisabetha, Paul,Eva, Leopold, Wolf, Gregor, Magdalena, Paulus, Anna



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1. given names: Maria, Georg,Elisabetha, Paul,Eva, Leopold, Wolf, Gregor, Magdalena, Paulus, Anna, Adam.



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1. given names: Maria, Georg,Elisabetha, Paul,Eva, Leopold, Wolf, Gregor, Magdalena, Paulus, Anna, Adam.

All given names are framed.



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1. Entry :

Dem 1. dieß (referring to the month)

The dot on the digit ‘1’ was customary 200 years ago.



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1. Entry :

Dem 1. dieß (referring to the month) ist getauft worden (is baptized)

the ‘st’ of ‘ist’ is a distinctive type of writing which can also appear at the beginning of words.



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1. Entry :

Dem 1. dieß (referring to the month) ist getauft worden (is baptized)

the ‘st’ of ‘ist’ is a distinctive type of writing which can also appear at the beginning of words. In ‘worden’ the ‘d’ in the middle is typical and very similar to the ‘d’ in ‘Edlprinz’ (3rd word in the second line), also in ‘des’ and ‘Jaudling’. The end of ‘worden’ has fallen victim to the scribe’s creativity.



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1. Entry :

Dem 1. dieß (referring to the month) ist getauft worden (is baptized) Maria,

In ‘Maria’ we notice the ‘a’ and the end, as well as the preceding dot on the ‘i’. We can also recognize the ‘r’ in the middle, once we have focused on the name. Later on in this presentation we will look into more detail about identifying names by looking at the script face.



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1. Entry :

Dem 1. dieß (referring to the month) ist getauft worden (is baptized) Maria, vom Vater (from father)

200-300 years ago spelling rules were not really applied, so there were ‘customary’ spellings, which differed by region. ‘Vatter’ with a double tis still found in ‘Gevatter’ today.



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1. Entry :

Dem 1. dieß (referring to the month) ist getauft worden (is baptized) Maria, vom Vater (from father) Georg Koller

The name ‘Koller’ can be read from the end forward, the inital ‘K’ could also be an ‘R’. In the current telephone directory of Vitis ‘Koller’ ist still a commonly used name.



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1. Entry :

Dem 1. dieß (referring to the month) ist getauft worden (is baptized) Maria, vom Vater (from father) Georg Koller v. (von = from) Edlprinz

When starting research it is best to find out all communities which belonged to a certain parish. For locations in Austria, the program Orte-Austria (German) offers this possibility, and one can generate lists of dependent communities.



http://www.nw-service.at/zip/gen-orte-austria.zip

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1. Entry :

Dem 1. dieß (referring to the month) ist getauft worden (is baptized) Maria, vom Vater (from father) Georg Koller v. (von = from) Edlprinz Ux (Uxor):

In the register this looks like a ‘Vg’ or ‘Vp’ or ‘Vs’, however the second letter is an ’x’. The initial letter appears to be a ‘V’, but actually is an ’U’ (which has nothing to do with ‘Telling someone that an X is a U, which is an old German saying meaning: to pull the wool over someone’s eyes). More on this in slide 73.

However the crucial point here is the meaning of the abbreviation, namely ‘uxor’, which means ‘Wife’ or sometimes ‘married’. This makes sense in front of the name of the wife (see Genealogie-Lexikon (German) a Genealogy Reference Program).




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1. Entry :

Dem 1. dieß (referring to the month) ist getauft worden (is baptized) Maria, vom Vater (from father) Georg Koller v. (von = from) Edlprinz Ux (Uxor): Elisabetha,



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1. Entry :

Dem 1. dieß (referring to the month) ist getauft worden (is baptized) Maria, vom Vater (from father) Georg Koller v. (von = from) Edlprinz Ux (Uxor): Elisabetha, des g(e)fatter (father)

For spelling see slide 65.



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1. Entry :

Dem 1. dieß (referring to the month) ist getauft worden (is baptized) Maria, vom Vater (from father) Georg Koller v. (von = from) Edlprinz Ux (Uxor): Elisabetha, des g(e)fatter (father) Paul Digl

The given name ‘Paul’ is easily identified. In ‘Digl’ the single letters are very legible. Whether this name still exists today can be determined with help of a telephone directory; here we have to apply the method of looking for ‘Tigl’, ‘Thigl’ ‘Digl’ and all of these also with ‘ie’.



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1. Entry :

Dem 1. dieß (referring to the month) ist getauft worden (is baptized) Maria, vom Vater (from father) Georg Koller v. (von = from) Edlprinz Ux (Uxor): Elisabetha, des g(e)fatter (father) Paul Digl Richter (lawyer) zu Jaudling



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1. Entry :

Dem 1. dieß (referring to the month) ist getauft worden (is baptized) Maria, vom Vater (from father) Georg Koller v. (von = from) Edlprinz Ux (Uxor): Elisabetha, des g(e)fatter (father) Paul Digl Richter (lawyer) zu Jaudling Ux: Eva.

‘u ’ and ‘v’ and ‘U ’ and ‘V’ were formerly often written as if there were no differences. We see this in ‘Eva’, where there is a curved line above the ‘v’, which otherwise is only above the ‘u’ (as in ‘getauft’ and ‘Paul’). See (Genealogie-Lexikon a Genealogy Reference Program.




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3. Entry :

Here is a good opportunity to attempt at transcribing the register entry.



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3. Entry :

And here the solution:

The 18. getauft worden (was christened) Paul, dessen (whose) Vatters (father) Paul Mayr Maurer und Inwohner (mason and inhabitant) zu ( to) Ruprechts Ux: Anna des gefatter (of the father) Adam Waiss hausbesitzig (house owner), Ux: Anna



As already mentioned in referring to spelling, there are not set rules. The same applies to the spelling of names. Furthermore, only a few could write and read, and there were no personal identification documents for the common people. When a father came to report the birth of a child to the priest, he was asked his name. Whatever the priest understood he wrote down, and thus it is quite possible that the children of the same family could have surnames with different spelling.

In my own genealogy there was a familie ‘Aleitinger’. This same name is still common in that town today. The spelling of this name for the 10 children includes the following: Aleidinger, Alaidinger, Aleydinger, Aloitinger, Oleitinger, Aleitinger and Oalaitinger. It is as if we can almost hear the dialect pronunciation!

Likewise the spelling of ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ consonants can vary within the same Surname. For example the phonems would pair as: ‘D’ - ‘T’ (Digl – Tikl), ‘B’ – ‘P’ (Binder – Pinter), ‘G’ – ‘K’ (Grug – Kruk), as well as ‘Ö’ – ‘E’ (Eschenau – Öschenau, or Zeller – Zöller).

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Three further examples A complicated example

Finally to conclude this part of script identification a note on the script face of names.

Maria Anna

Adam Philip

Eva Barbara

Magdalena Susanna

Georg Gregor

By the ascenders and the descenders in the lettering common names can be identified quite well. This is particular importance when the script is ‘overwritten’ by upper or lower lines, or shines through (mirror-inverted) from a back page.

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For assistance in reading old script:

Schriftenspiegel (script sampler) to recognise letters by comparison

Orte-Austria - Program to search for towns when the name is only partially spelled out as well as a list of dependent communities in a parish and governmental hiarchy.

Genealogielexikon (Genealogical Reference Program) to help clarify identification of persons and Latin terms in the registers, as well as identification of names when the name is only partially legible.

Telefonbuch (Telephone directory) to recognise a surname by comparing it to present-day surnames in a certain location

Anfragen (Queries) Submitting register pages per email with existent transcription attempts

Bildschirmübertragung (Screen sharing) per CrossLoop-Program for joint transcription with simultaneous telephone connection.

79Norbert Willmann www.nw-service.at



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Author: Norbert Willmann www.nw-service.at [email protected] Part II Part III Begin


Translated by Iris Luschin Fuchs

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How does the online-support work?

You can obtain additional explanations via telephone or skype. Thus answers or explanations can be transmitted as soon as a question appears.

(1) Send me an email or telephone me at +43 664 53 53 979.

(2) We can make an appointment for an online meeting and at the same time we can settle the technical details.

(3) You download "CrossLoop" (Alternatively "TeamView") to your computer and install it.With these programs you can see my screen at home and we can look at the presentation synchronously and at the same time have contact via telephone or Skype.

(4) After working together, our screens will again be separated.

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Den 1 ist getauft wordten (has been baptized ) Catharina, desß Vatters (of the father) adam Pair von Marckhl (Edlprinz) Uxor Juliana, des gefatter (referring to Father) Michael Höffler Uxor Rosina von (of) windigsteig

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Den 1 ist getauft wordty (has been baptized ) Barbara desß Vatters (of the father) Adam Ableidinger(Aleitinger) Uxor Maria, von Eilbenbach (Eulenbach), des gefatter (referring to Father) Görg (Georg) Paur Uxor Maria von (of ) Eilbenbach (I-dot, Eulenbach)

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Den 4 dito (month as before, October) ist getauft word(has been baptized) Maria desß (of) Vatters (father), Maximilian Pem (Böhm), von (of) Öllbrinz (Edlprinz) Uxor Eva, des (of) gefatter (referring to Father) Hans Kaidz (Kaintz) von (of) Stoeß (I-dot, Stojes) Uxor Maria

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One complicating factor is the entry shining through from the back of the page, which is clearly distinguishable by the direction of the writing. Usually the writing is tilted toward the right at the top ///////, the writing from the back of the page is tilted toward the left \\\\\\\ and a bit paler. Yet it can still cause some confusion in reading it.

In order to transcribe properly you need to know the structure of the entry:Date - ‘has been baptized’ - name of the Täuflings (candidate for baptism) - ‘the’ - father of the Täuflings - (occupation of the mother) - mother of the Täufling - ‘of’ - father of the mother - ‘from’ - place – mother of the mother -‘uxor ’

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Here is an example of a barely legible from Vitis, Lower Austria


First you have to identify:

February as month, apparently added at a later date

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Reading German ScriptHere is an example of a barely legible from Vitis, Lower Austria


February as month, apparently added at a later date19 as the date of the day

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February as month, apparently added at a later date19 as the date of the dayMaria twice

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From the structureDate – ‘ist getauft worden’ (has been baptized ) – name of the baptised person – ‘des’ (of) – father of the baptised person - occupation of the father – mother of the baptised person – ‘uxor’- father of the mother– ‘von’ (from) – place – mother of the mother – ‘uxor’

the first line can be recognized: FebruaryDen 19 dito ist getauft worden Maria, deß (The 19 Ditto has been baptized Maria, of)

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The second line starts with the first name of the father. Only the second half of the name is legible --‘laus. The most common given names are ‘Nikolaus’ and “Wenz(es)laus’.

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The second line starts with the first name of the father. Only the second half of the name is legible --‘laus. The most common given names are ‘Nikolaus’ and “Wenz(es)laus’.Knowing this we recognise the first letter as a ‘W’. However we don’t see a ‘z’ with its descender in the middle of the word. So what we can read is ‘Weceslaus’, which is an unusual spelling.

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What follows is the surname of the father. Clearly we can see the ‘P’ at the beginning and the ‘l’ at the end. The name ‘Peichl’ often appears in the town of Heinrichs.

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What follows is the surname of the father. Clearly we can see the ‘P’ at the beginning and the ‘l’ at the end. The name ‘Peichel’ often appears in the town of Heinrichs.

Thus the town ‘Heinrichs’ can be identified. A very creative ‘H’ at the beginning and a ‘chs’ at the end of the word. The town name, Heinreichs, is preceded by ‘Mayr’ (administrator of an estate) ‘in‘. 93



At the end of the second line we see the first name of the mother with only the middle part of the word is legible --‘isti’. This occurs only in Christine. So now we can identify the ‘C’ at the beginning, and the rest follows from this, although is not clearly legible.

2nd line: Wencelslaus Peichel , Mayr ’ in Heinreichs, Christina

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The 3rd line starts with ‘Uxor, des gefatters’. The ‘des’ is known from the 1st line.

From the first name of the we can read ‘M…hias’, a part of ‘Mathias’.

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The 3rd line starts with ‘Uxor, des gefatters’. The ‘des’ is known from the 1st line.

We can read ‘M…hias’ when reading the first name - a part of ‘Mathias’. From the surname which follows we can read ‘…ästinger’ und a capital letter with descender at the beginning of the name. ‘Gastinger’ is a common name in the town, therefore we can identify the ‘G’ at the beginning of the surname.

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At the end of the 3rd line we can identify ‘von’ as a location of the parents.

3rd line: Uxor, des gefatters Mathias Gästinger (Gastinger) von

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At the beginning of the 4th line ‘Edlbrünz’ (Edlprinz) appears as the location of the parents. Only the end of the word is legible, ‘brünz’, from the knowledge of the places in this area results in ‘Edlprinz’.

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At the beginning of the 4th line ‘Edlbrünz’ (Edlprinz) appears as the location of the parents. Only the end of the word is legible, ‘brünz’, from the knowledge of the places in this area results in ‘Edlprinz’. Next follows ‘Maria uxor’.

4th row: Edlbrünz, (Edlprinz) Maria uxor

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Finished transcription:

FebruaryDen 19 dito ist getauft worden Maria, deß Wencelslaus Peichel , Mayr in Heinreichs, Christina Uxor, des gefatters Mathias Gästinger vonEdlbrünz , Maria uxor

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Here is an example of a barely legible from Vitis, Lower Austria

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