Help with Determining relationships
This record is from a family register. Does that mean all the below individuals are related? If so, is there anyway to tell their relationship? What does the J looking letter infront of the names mean? The letter n.? It looks like Georg Adam Schleicher is married to Cath. Rosina Seifart and the rest are their children, Is that correct?
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Hello Paula,
Your Question: This record is from a family register. Does that mean all the below individuals are related?
Answer: Yes, the parents are recorded at the top and the children, 3 sons and 2 daughters, are listed below the parents.
Your Question: If so, is there anyway to tell their relationship?
Answer: Father and mother with the five children listed below.
Your Question: What does the J looking letter in front of the names mean?
Answer: It's not a "J", it's an "S" = Sohn = son. The letter in front of the girls' names is "T" = Tochter = daughter.
Your Question: The letter n.?
Answer: n. = natus = born (masculine). n. = nata = born (feminine).
Your question: It looks like Georg Adam Schleicher is married to Cath. Rosina Seifart and the rest are their children, Is that correct?
Answer: Yes, Georg Adam Schleicher and Cath[arina] Rosine Seifert were married on 3 June 1876. Their five children were born between March 1877 and November 1885.
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P.S. The abbreviation before the mother's name is: ux. = uxor = wife.
After the forenames of the first four children, the surname "Schleicher" is abbreviated: Schl.
German dates are written in the form: day/month/year.
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Thank you for clarifying all this as I have several pages from this family register. It will help me to decipher the rest of the records. You are wonderful. Paula Rail
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You're very welcome, Paula. I'm glad my explanation was of assistance to you.
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