Germanology Unlocked (Katherine Schober)

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Word of the Week: Abends - in the evening. This is a word that you will see after a time of birth or death. One such example would be "geboren um 6 Uhr Abends" - "born at 6 in the evening". Have you seen this word in your documents?

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Transcription tip: If you can't figure out what a word means, but are sure of your transcription, look to the next line. It could be that your scribe continued the word there, without any type of punctuation (although sometimes you will see : to show a word continues). #genealogy

Word of the Week: Straße = street. This is a word you will see in your ancestors' addresses. The "ß" character makes an "ss" sound, and you may also see it written with a "ss". One abbreviation to look out for for this word is "Str." #genealogy

We had SO much fun last week at our Back-to-School Extravaganza! On our last day, we all wore "Back-to-School" outfits, which included old college shirts, high school shirts, super hero shirts, Lederhosen, genealogy shirts, favorite sports teams shirts, and more. Amazing group!

@taufepedia Nice!!

@GermanUnlocked Ja, I've found a couple of Webers among my ancestors, plus 2 others who were referred to as »Webergesellen« (Journeyman Weavers) and even a couple of Webermeisters! :)

Word of the Week: "Weber" - weaver. Was your ancestor a weaver? Let us know in the comments!

Curious about how Google Drive can help you with your genealogy research? Check out this guest post by Lianne Kruger! Feel free to share with your societies and friends!

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Word of the Week: "alldort" - from there. If you see the word "alldort" on a record, it means that the person is from the town that was previously mentioned in the paragraph - not the town where the record was being recorded. An old-fashioned word many people don't know!

Can't read a town name? Type in the letters you recognize into meyersgaz.org and use an asterisk to represent the letters you can't read. MeyersGaz will then provide you with a list of possible towns with your letter combination!

Word of the Week: "auswandern" = to emigrate. Related to this word, you may also see "ausgewandert" = emigrated. Or "Auswanderer" = emigrant. When did your ancestors "auswandern"? Mine did in 1887!

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In this month’s guest article, read the story of how DuWayne Gebken first learned of, and then tracked down his fallen German cousin in military records – preserving his memory for decades to come. buff.ly/45gJT6r #germanologyunlocked #germangenealogy #familyhistory