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ab from, since <br>Abbauer&nbsp;tenant on a (new, split-off) farm; heir with a small part of a farm (usually a second son)<br>Abdecker&nbsp;skinner<br>Abend evening <br>Abendmahlgast&nbsp;communicant<br>abends in the evening <br>Abenteurer&nbsp;jeweler; adventurer<br>aber but <br>abgestorben deceased<br>Ablader longshoreman<br>Abnahmemann&nbsp;retired farmer on life estate<br>Abnehmer&nbsp;photographer<br>Abschiedsmann&nbsp; man retired on life estate<br>absterben to die, to die off <br>Abstreifer&nbsp;renderer;&nbsp;flayer<br>acht eight <br>achte eighth<br>Achter&nbsp; juryman<br>achtundzwanzigste twenty-eighth <br>achtzehn eighteen <br>achtzehnhundert eighteen hundred <br>achtzehnte eighteenth <br>achtzig eighty <br>achtzigste eightieth <br>Ackermann farmer <br>Adel gentry, nobleman <br>a.D. = außer Dienst formerly employed, retired <br>adoptiert adopted <br>Ahnen ancestors <br>Ahnentafel pedigree chart <br>Akten documents <br>alle all <br>allhier in this place <br>alt old <br>Altbürger full citizen <br>Alter age <br>Altersschwäche weakness of old age <br>ältest eldest <br>alt-katholisch old Catholic <br>Amman bailiff, magistrate <br>Amt office, district <br>Anbauer peasant <br>andere other, next <br>Angeber informant <br>angeblich alleged, assumed <br>Anmerkungen remarks <br>Anspänner farmer <br>apostolisch Apostolic <br>April April <br>Arbeiter laborer, worker <br>Archiv archive <br>arm poor <br>Armut poverty <br>Arzt physician <br>auch also, too <br>auf on, upon, at <br>aufbieten post banns <br>Aufenthaltserlaubnis residence permit <br>Aufenthaltsort residence <br>Aufgebot publication of banns <br>August August <br>aus from, out of <br>außen outside <br>äußere outside, outward, external <br>außerehelich illegitimate <br>Auswanderer emigrant <br>Auswanderung emigration <br>Auszehrung consumption or emaciation (especially from TB) <br>Auszug extract


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| ab
| from, since
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| Abbauer
| tenant on a (new, split-off) farm; heir with a small part of a farm (usually a second son)
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| Abdecker
| skinner
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| Abend
| evening
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| Abendmahlgast
| communicant
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| abends
| in the evening
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| Abenteurer
| jeweler, jewel trader; adventurer
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| aber
| but
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| abgestorben
| deceased
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| Ablader
| longshoreman
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| Abnahmemann
| retired farmer on life estate
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| Abnehmer
| photographer
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| Abschiedsmann
| man retired on life estate
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| absterben
| to die, to die off
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| Abstreifer
| renderer; flayer
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| acht
| eight
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| achte
| eighth
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| Achter
| juryman
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| achtundzwanzigste
| twenty-eighth
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| achtzehn
| eighteen
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| achtzehnhundert
| eighteen hundred
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| achtzehnte
| eighteenth
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| achtzig
| eighty
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| achtzigste
| eightieth
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| Ackermann
| farmer
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| Adel
| gentry, nobleman
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| a.D. = außer Dienst
| formerly employed, retired
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| adoptiert
| adopted
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| Ahnen
| ancestors
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| Ahnentafel
| pedigree chart
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| Akten
| documents
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| alle
| all
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| allhier
| in this place
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| alt
| old
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| Altbürger
| full citizen
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| Alter
| age
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| Altersschwäche
| weakness of old age
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| ältest
| eldest
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| alt-katholisch
| old Catholic
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| Amman
| bailiff, magistrate
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| Amt
| office, district
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| Anbauer
| peasant
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| andere
| other, next
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| Angeber
| informant
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| angeblich
| alleged, assumed
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| Anmerkungen
| remarks
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| Anspänner
| farmer
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| apostolisch
| Apostolic
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| April
| April
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| Arbeiter
| laborer, worker
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| Archiv
| archive
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| arm
| poor
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| Armut
| poverty
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| Arzt
| physician
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| auch
| also, too
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| auf
| on, upon, at
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| aufbieten
| post banns
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| Aufenthaltserlaubnis
| residence permit
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| Aufenthaltsort
| residence
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| Aufgebot
| publication of banns
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| August
| August
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| aus
| from, out of
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| außen
| outside
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| äußere
| outside, outward, external
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| außerehelich
| illegitimate
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| Auswanderer
| emigrant
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| Auswanderung
| emigration
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| Auszehrung
| consumption or emaciation (especially from TB)
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| Auszug  
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