Question re "NB" in Parish Death Records
@DeTe1955 gave me an answer to my earlier question re the meaning of the abbreviation "NB" that appears at the end of some early, one line, parish death records.
e.g., this death record from 1762 for the Frau of Hinrich Niels[en] of Gongelsby...
In FamilySearch's Latin Genealogical Word List (https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Latin_Genealogical_Word_List), the abbreviation "NB" is defined as either "important note" or "please note".
What was the purpose of the abbreviation in these death records and why do some records include the "NB" symbol but many do not?
Answers
-
Questions for you @rlnielsen,
(1) Did this record come from the parish of Gelting?
(2) Where is Gongelsby in relation to Gelting?
I ask this because perhaps the scribe wanted to emphasize Hinrich Nielsen's wife lived and/or died in Gongelsby as opposed to Gelting, so he said to "note well" that she lived/died in Gongelsby.
Typically the abbreviation "NB" precedes whatever it is the scribe wants you to take note of, for example:
NB Anna Maria Schmidt was Johann Müller's third wife.
In my research experience, the placement of the "NB" at the end of the record as it is here is unusual.
0 -
Good Questions, @Robert Seal_1
Yes, the parish records are from the Gelting Lutheran parish, one of the main ones in that area of Germany. According to my research, it belonged to the Gelting parish. So, nothing special there. On that same page of death records, there is another one marked "NB" that simply says "27th May, Asmus Jurgen seine Frau NB".
Re Gongelsby's location. From what I've researched, Gongelsby and today's Gundelsby are one and the same village. It is located about 3 miles from Gelting as the crow flies.
0 -
Good evening, @rlnielsen,
It's very odd. Maybe the scribe wanted to make sure that it was clear that it was the wife who died as opposed to the husband who was actually named in the record? Notice in these records, the wife is not specifically named and the record begins with the husband's name. Do you have any thoughts based on where the "NB" is placed and what the records say? Also, in the records which follow the records with the "NB" at the end of the line, do you see any pattern as to how those following records begin? For example, in the image your provided, the next record begins with "eodem" meaning: on the same date.
0