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Re: OFB questions.

Posted: 12 Jun 2015 6:02AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 12 Jun 2015 7:23AM GMT
12 Jun 2015

Many of the church records have the occupation of the person involved, be it as a parent in a birth record, the groom in a marriage record, or a witness in some other record. Manfred Daum, who creates the OFB's from the information in the church records, notes all those references as well as where the person was living, and includes it in the OFB. German society being what it was in those days, you rarely see any occupation information for women, but where they were living is noted. You'll notice that many of the dates given in the Berufe/Wohnorte/Tätigkeiten section correspond to the dates of birth or marriage of the children.

Kolonist is often seen and is sort of a catch-all occupation used by the pastor. Another is Grundwirt. If the man had a non-farming profession it was noted. A Tischler is a cabinet/furniture maker, Schmied a blacksmith, etc. Occasionally the pastor will revert to Latin, such as agricola for farmer.

In cases where a birth record can't be found, the birth of the person is estimated from either an age given at the time of a marriage, or an age given at death. Occasionally a death record will give the year of birth and that number is used. You can usually figure out where it came from by looking at the source reference which will give the year of the church record where it was found. See if the source year matches the year of a marriage or the year of death.

Manfred is a member of a group in Germany that the GGD is affiliated with and their web site is here:

http://www.galizien-deutsche.de/assistance-committe-for-the-...

As an example of where the various notes come from, here's a link to the birth of Katharina Ermel on 25 Oct 1871, the first entry. The parents are listed on the right hand page and in the entry for Ludwig the last thing to be entered is "Bauer A.C." i.e., farmer, Augsburg Confession. Lutheran Evangelicals were referenced as Augsburg Confession, and the Reformed Evangelicals as H. C. - Helvetica Confession

http://agadd.home.net.pl/metrykalia/299/sygn.%2088/pages/PL_...

Dave
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magnoliasouth 12 Jun 2015 12:03AM GMT 
Dave G 12 Jun 2015 12:02PM GMT 
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Dave G 12 Jun 2015 3:05PM GMT 
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