Etienne, Does this mean that a Burgermeister is not the same as "Mayor," but is instead the head of a group of burgers? Sharon Sharon A Waechter, M.A./RPA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Etienne Herrbach" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, July 1, 2011 10:04:13 AM Subject: Re: [A-L] Married Burgers? Hello Pat and listers, civium et conjugum = literally, burgers and a couple Before the French Revolution, there were two kinds of inhabitants of a community: the "bourgeois" (Bürger, civis) and the "manants" (Hintersäß, incola). (The vagabonds (vagabundus) were still another category). The bourgeois had more rights than a manant, such as participating to a corporation, etc. (but I'm not much aware to this topic). If I remember well, he had to pay a fee prior to be admitted into the "bourgeoisie". Some towns possess old registers called "admission à la bourgeoisie" (Bürgerbuch), that existed sometimes long before the onset of parish registers. The Revolution abolished these differences. Every inhabitant bacame then a "citoyen" (citizen). Etienne Le 1 juil. 11 à 15:13, pat1030 a écrit : > One quick question - what does "married burgers" mean? > > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 1:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [A-L] Help Reading Marriage Record Please? > > Hi Pat, > > here the transcription and an explanation of the record. > (...) > Jacobus JUNG miles invalidus, filius defunctorum Michaelis JUNG et > Christinae GRIEGERin civium et conjugum in vita commorantium in > Dauendorff, > et Catharina LOCHER vidua Joannis JEROME civis in vita in Ebrach > commorantis, > Approximate translation: > (...) > Jacob (Jacques) JUNG, invalid soldier, son of the deceased Michael > JUNG and > (deceased) Christina GRIEGER (or GRIEG), married burgers of Dauendorf > Catharina LOCHER, widow of Joannes (Jean) JEROME burger of Ebrach -- 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