Hi. Not sure if this will help but my French dictionary gives the word: éloigné - meaning distant, remote. Also éloignement - distance: remoteness, distance (in space or time) 2: removal 3: absence Perhaps it refers to a parent who is absent from the occasion of the marriage. Ellen -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, Jul 6, 2011 10:03 pm Subject: [A-L] Translation, please an someone please tell me what the English translation of "parent e' oigne" is? t is a relationship to the groom in a marriage record. I do not think it s "mother-in-law" or something like that. hanks, Jean - esources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: ttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message