Would "bauern knecht" here mean "farmer"? My dictionary was not clear on this one. Jacob Meyer lediger bauern knecht gebürtig von Winkel Jacob Meyer single farmer born in Winkel Thanks again for all of the help. best, Paul

"Farmers Helper" would be more correct, but often the farmer's son was given this title, before he came in possession of the farm. So it might or might not be a hired person and you should watch out for the surnames. In any event they were people who lived in the household. Aida On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 8:17 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Would "bauern knecht" here mean "farmer"? > > My dictionary was not clear on this one. > > Jacob Meyer lediger bauern knecht gebürtig von Winkel > Jacob Meyer single farmer born in Winkel > > Thanks again for all of the help. > > 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 >