Last Updated: 1 Sept  2003

Bessarabian History continuted......

Abbreviations of German Genealogist's

• a. = aus = Auswanderungsort und lander = from a place such as state or district of Germans who migrated to a place such as Poland, Russia, USA...
• abt. = about
• Baron = Baron
• bei = by
• Berg = mountain
• Bruder =  brother
• Burg = castle
• c. = century
• ca. = means about that date
• Dufel = uncle
• Ev. = Evangelical Lutheran Church [sometimes an author of a book will use Ev in references to the general term of being a Prostestant
• Familien = Family
• Fr. = Frau = wife
• Fraulein = unmarried female
• Freiherr = Free Man
• Fuerst = Royal Prince
• geb. = geboren = born = * = b.
• Geb. = Gebiet = district
• getraut = married = oo = m.
• gestorben = died = + = d.
• Graff = Count
• Gross = gross = grand Example:  Grossmutter = grandmother
• Kaiser = Emperor of Germany
• K = Kath. = Katholisch = Catholic
• Kinder = children
• m.= getraut = married = oo
• n. = nach = to
• nee = denotes that the following name is the maiden name of the woman which is usually by her married name.  Example:  Judy A., nee Remmick, Hubert
• N.S. =  New Style which refers to Greorgian calender used by Europe, but not used by Russia [see O.S.] until after World War I.
• O.S.= refers to the Old Style = Russian Julian Calender that was 12 to 13 days behind the calender used in Europe.  The Russians changed over to the Greorgian calendar, known as the N.S.,  used by Europe after World War I.
• Prot. = Protestant
• RN - Registered Number in Judy A. Remmick-Hubert's Family Roots Program
• Schwaeger  [Schwager] = brother-n-law
• Schwaegerin  [Schwagerin] = sister-in-law
• Sohn = S. = son
• Tante = Aunt
• Tochter = T. = daughter
• Vater = Father
• von = from / or part of a title of an aristocrat from Germany
• Vorname = first name
• Ww = Witwer bzw. = widow or widower

Months of the Year

• Januar = January
• Februar = February
• Marz = March
• Mai = May
• Juni = June
• Julyi = July
• August = August
• September = Septermber
• Oktober = October
• November = Novemeber
• December = December

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