First, thank you, Patricia, for your kind help! The word which has me stumped is the word after 'und' in the line which begins with the numeral 9 ...Jacob Jacobi Burgers und  ? http://www.bilder-upload.eu/show.php?file=d563ce-1393703188.jpg thank you very much! Thomas Johnson

Thomas, it has to be a profession. I think it is "Wirth" (landlord). One of the godparents was a Wirt, too. Patricia -- privat: Metzinger Str. 29 72555 Metzingen (-Neuhausen), BW ============================================================== Patricia Stasch Klassische Archäologin Fax+Anrufbeantworter-Nr: 03212-1102645 (Anruf wird als *.wav, Fax als *.pdf in der eMailbox abgelegt) ============================================================== Zitat von Thomas Johnson <bachjohanns@yahoo.com>: > First, thank you, Patricia, for your kind help! > > The word which has me stumped is the word after 'und' in the line > which begins with the numeral 9 > > ...Jacob Jacobi Burgers und  ? > > http://www.bilder-upload.eu/show.php?file=d563ce-1393703188.jpg > > thank you very much! > Thomas Johnson > > ------------------------------- > >