Swiss genealogy on the
Internet
Tips for Bern researches (genealogy
& heraldic society of Bern)
The historical-biogaphical
dictionary of Switzerland, you will find comments on larger
families (including extinct ones, not mentioned in the
Familiennamenbuch), often giving details on important family
members. The HBLS is available at your local Family History
Center (films 1181541-3 or fiche 6000814).
Picton
sources for (Swiss) genealogy
Swiss Infodesk (a project of
Swiss National Library)
Cyndi's Swiss page
*
Swiss phone book
A barrel of
genealogy links (by J. Lacombe)
Cyndi's List of Genealogy
Sites on the Internet (by Mark & Cyndi Howells) *
Gendex
will be offline from April 2004)*
Further genealogical Information *
These links were set to help genealogists who are interested in German and German-American genealogy. It is oriented to those who are getting started, either with genealogy or with the Internet. "German" here means the German language, so this list should be useful for researchers of German, German-American, Austrian, Swiss, Alsatian, and Eastern European German genealogy.
http://www.genealogy.net/gene/
http://www.genealogy.net/gene/faqs/sgg.html#19
(by Jim Eggert )
General
terms in genealogy
Genealogical
Dictionaries (old German professions and common causes of
death)
source: http://www.genealogy.net/gene/faqs/sgg.html#19 (by Jim Eggert )
ASCII Typeset Meaning
_____ _______ _______
* asterisk Born
(*) asterisk in parentheses Born illegitimately
+* cross and asterisk Stillborn
~,= single or multiple water waves Baptized
o circle Engaged
oo linked or touching circles Married
o|o separated circles Divorced
o-o separated circles Illegitimate union
+ cross or vertical dagger Died
[],# box Buried
+X cross and crossed swords Died from battle wounds
X crossed swords Died in battle
++ two crosses This line extinct
source: http://www.genealogy.net/gene/faqs/sgg.html#19 (by Jim Eggert )
Tagwenvogt county official Landvogt national official Schatzvogt treasury official Waisenvogt orphanage official Schulvogt school official Spennvogt charity official [?] Ratsherr town councillor Kirchmeier church steward Kirchenrat church councillor Landrat national councillor Gemeinderat municipal councillor Tagwenschreiber county clerk Gemeindeschreiber municipal clerk Gemeindepräsident municipal president Wagmeister inspector of weights and measures Schulmeister schoolmaster Unterlehrer assistant master Hauptmann captain Aufseher supervisor Verwalter superintendent
Freiherr baron
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