Help with Household Examination Record
I am having trouble with the description words preceding the names in this 1774 Examination record from Alingsås parish. They are abbreviations and I have been unable to find a good reference for them.
I can work out the names and I believe it is wife for numbers 2 (Brita) and 5 (Anna) and daughter for number 4 (Maria). The word for Lars Buss seems to be Lgnf ? and for numbers 3, 6 and 7 ??
Can anyone help? Also, is there a good reference for the many different options for these descriptive entries ? Just when I think I am catching on I find new ones I haven't encountered.
(The reference image is SL Film #004359465 Page 51 (image 59 of 81))
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I believe the abbreviation in front of Lars Buss name is "Ges(äll) = journeyman".
The letter in front of Anders Nordblom looks like "M" which possibly stands for something like "Man" or "Mister" or "Monsieur"-almost all the male heads-of-house have "M" unless they have another descriptor.
Brita Ericsdoter and Ann Christina Roos are "hustru = wife"
Maria and Brita Christ. Nordblom are "dr. and doter = daughter".
The last one, Greta Arenberg is, I believe, "Flick(a) = girl". She is probably not a relative, but just helping around the house or living with the family for some reason.
As far as trying to figure out the entries, I usually just look at other pages in the book to see if the word is written out more fully somewhere.
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Thank you so very much. These all fit and make sense. I will add these forms to my list for future reference. Reading these are a challenge.
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