>From: "Scotty B." <wsb221@stny.rr.com> >Subject: Re: [A-L] Marriage in Habsheim in 1809 > Well, in reference to my previous post I have solved part of the problem I think. I was able to find an ?index? at the end of the years 1808 and 1809 so I was able to find one of the marriages I was looking for. > It is on page 171 of Habsheim, Mariages, 1793-1862 and is a marriage of Marie Caroline Kolb to Francois Jerome Brodhag which took place on 3/18/1809. I would appreciate it if someone might be able to translate whatever other information might be in this document which I can?t find such as her parents, her age, where born etc. >This is a huge puzzle for me and I sincerely appreciate all the help I can get in these translations. >Thank you, >Scott Hello, Scott. Sept 1792 through 31 Dec 1805 is the time frame when French records (including those in the Alsace and Lorraine) were dated with the French Republican Calendar. My absolute favorite conversion website (be sure to bookmark it) is this, < http://www.napoleon.org/en/essential_napoleon/calendar/index.asp > , which has information and perhaps the most simplistic converter between the FRC and Gregorian. The first box is for day (1-31 or FRC: 1-10; the 2nd for month (FRC: drop-down box for choice from Vendémiaire through Fructidor); and the 3rd for year (FRC: drop-down box for choice of year I-XIV) Scott, with the volume of records you seem to be finding, I highly recommend Edna M Bentz¹s book ³If I Can, You Can Decipher Germanic Records² as a beginning tutorial on reading the old Germanic Schrift/handwriting. With that book, PLUS the oldest German and/or French dictionaries you can find, you can begin deciphering your own records. This takes time and determination, but you CAN teach yourself this skill; and once learned, deciphering your own records is MOST rewarding! The book is ISBN 0-9615420-0-4; and Amazon has new ones for $17.40 (at least as of 8:30 today.) Also, a terrific 1883 German-English dictionary is online and usable: < http://www.archive.org/stream/thiemepreusserne00thieuoft#page/n5/mode/2up > Have at it! And best wishes. Cari Thomas