Thanks. But much of the sentence is not readable. I will use blessed in my record. Paul On Dé Sathairn, 3 Meán Fómhair, 2011, at 05:30, gloria ishida wrote: > selig - blessed may be better. > > A different kind of blessingbecause o > > Death came as a blessing because of his suffering? > > But seeing the whole sentence may make for a smoother translation. > > Gloria > > > > > On Sep 3, 2011, at 9:04 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> I cannot find out what the phrase "selig Verschieden" means in a death record. >> >> Context: "selig Verschieden Johann" >> >> The sentence is otherwise hard to read, except that it is clear that there was suffering before death. >> >> Does it mean "the happily departed Johann" or "the cheerfully departed Johann"? >> >> Thanks for any clarity. >> >> best, >> Paul >> -- >> Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message