Meaning of Aufgeboten?
We have bumped into this word a couple of times in mid-1800s Prussian records.
One image is: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSXN-GF8V
(written small after the first entry)
This is written where we normally find the date:
What does this say? What does the word mean?
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Hello @AnneLoForteWillson,
Aufgeboten = proclamation of marriage banns.
Translation of the snippet:
Proclamation of marriage banns on the 2nd and 3rd [Sundays] after Epiphany and on Septuagesima Sunday.
Epiphany = 6 January.
Septuagesima = the 9th Sunday before Easter.
Comment: I can't view the attached link. If you tell me the year of this record, I can provide you with the exact dates for these three feast days.
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You don't mention it (and the film cannot be viewed from home, at least not in Switzerland) - but I assume this is from a marriage register.
Marriages had to be announced, usually 3 times, before the planned marriage - to give people a chance to point out impediments to the marriage. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banns_of_marriage.
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Interesting...but why then would these banns be in the marriage book with no other indication of marriage? Most of the records have actual dates of marriage, but just a few are recorded only with these banns, some without even dates for the banns. Could they be married just by reading the banns without actually having a marriage ceremony?
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If the groom and the bride came from different parishes, the banns would be proclaimed in both parishes but the actual marriage would take place in only one parish, frequently in the parish of the bride. So, the banns would be recorded in both parish registers but the date of the actual marriage would only be recorded in the parish register where the marriage took place.
However, without being able to view the actual record, it's difficult to provide an answer with certainty.
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Oh, that makes sense. That record is only available at a Family History center, but let me see if there is another filming of it that is available otherwise. I love to have your thoughts on it.
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On https://community.familysearch.org/de/discussion/comment/458869/#Comment_458869 you'll find the description of such a "complicated" case in canton Bern (Switzerland). The images from the different church records are found on https://community.familysearch.org/de/discussion/126834/zbinden-family.
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Interesting. I went looking in the duplicate church books that cover this same time period. I was surprised to find that they did not copy this banns record into the duplicate book. The year was 1866. Actually, I found two in that same year that both have banns only, but are not recorded in the duplicate book. How odd.
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