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“SCHULTE” as profession and surname

15/01/2020 Leave a Comment

SCHULTE as profession and surname The Schulte (also Schulze, short for Schultheiß) was originally an official who on behalf of his master "Schuld einheischt": who claimed, collected and kept track of ... read more

Filed Under: German Customs & Traditions

What do Sankt Martin, Karneval and Halloween have in common?

28/10/2019 Leave a Comment

After having to take a sabbatical (actually two of 'em) for very personal reasons, I'm back just in time to revive this blog post about three different yet similar events both in Germany and the ... read more

Filed Under: German Customs & Traditions

Using sample sheets for old German script documents

16/11/2017 1 Comment

In my previous posting I explained details about and differences between the main three old German scripts: the older handwriting script Kurrent, the newer handwriting script Sütterlin and the print ... read more

Filed Under: German Script & Language

Pre-printed civil register forms in old German Fraktur print

02/11/2017 1 Comment

Between 1870 and 1876 the German "Standesämter" (= offices of vital records) were established throughout the German Empire. To perform their tasks to register births, marriages and deaths, they almost ... read more

Filed Under: German Script & Language, German Sources

Kurrent, Suetterlin and Fraktur all belong to the old German scripts

19/10/2017 3 Comments

From what I've seen many people associate old German script with "Sütterlin" but that's just a part of it. Depending on time and area you'll have to deal with old German script in many forms, not to ... read more

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Terms and idioms in old German documents: pregnancy and birth

17/08/2017 Leave a Comment

Old documents in Germanic speaking European areas often contain terms and idioms in multiple languages. Clerks and priests not only used the German language for a baptismal or burial entry for ... read more

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