According to the Molidorf Family Book TZ means witness of marriage... Luci ----- Original Message ----- From: <hiriseguy@email.com> To: <BANAT@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 5:05 PM Subject: [BANAT-L] abbreviations > > In the new FB for Deutsch Zerne the list of abbreviations is almost > complete. There are a few missing ones, but I have been able to decipher > all but one. > After the marriage info (vh) there is (led., led., TZ and 2 names) > I know the 2 led means that both partners were never married before. > > What does TZ stand for? > If they are witnesses, why are they always men? > > I figured that ab is the emigration date > I use translation web pages to figure out occupations. > All else is easy to understand. > > Dick Barak > St Francis, MN > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BANAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Since no one else seems to have commented, it was customary for men to be the witnesses at a marriage rather than our current custom of a man and a woman. Many times the honor of being witness to the marriage was given to the godfathers of the groom and the bride. I have seen this happen often when I read the records for my family in Glogowatz. Further, when children were born to the marriage, it was also customary for the child to be named for the his/her godparent. If that child died, the name would be used again for another child if that person was the godparent again. Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luci" <lkluth@roadrunner.com> To: <BANAT@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 5:36 PM Subject: [BANAT-L] Fw: abbreviations > According to the Molidorf Family Book TZ means witness of marriage... > Luci > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <hiriseguy@email.com> > To: <BANAT@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 5:05 PM > Subject: [BANAT-L] abbreviations > > >> >> In the new FB for Deutsch Zerne the list of abbreviations is almost >> complete. There are a few missing ones, but I have been able to decipher >> all but one. >> After the marriage info (vh) there is (led., led., TZ and 2 names) >> I know the 2 led means that both partners were never married before. >> >> What does TZ stand for? >> If they are witnesses, why are they always men? >> >> I figured that ab is the emigration date >> I use translation web pages to figure out occupations. >> All else is easy to understand. >> >> Dick Barak >> St Francis, MN >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BANAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BANAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message