which Oberdorf? shown as residenceof parents therefore birthplace of child

Pat Lowe

One more question please about Elise Roth 9CHD-5CW ( see my previous post about translation of her baptism)

When I went to fs to add "Oberdorf, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland" to her birth place, two different suggestions popped up .

Oberdorf, Widnau, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

Oberdorf, Gossau, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

How do I tell which Oberdorf is the residence of the parents Albert Roth 9VGS-92T & Elsie Lienhard 9VGS-92Y at the time of her baptism in 1900 ?

Christopher Kovach_1

Neither. In this case, I think "oberdorf" refers to a part of Degersheim itself. If you look through that column, you'll see "oberdorf", "unterdorf", and "dorf", referring to the upper city, lower city and (central) city.

I would put Degersheim as the birthplace.

Pat Lowe

Thank you Christopher Kovach for your considered opinion. That Oberdorf meant a section of the city of Degersheim itself did not occur to me.

I am still a novice at German phrasing so it did not come naturally to me that "Dorf" it might be part of the city. "Dorf" to me means village, like the descriptions in Meyer's Orts.

Danke schon.