I had a look in my dictionary and found the following old length measures: Fuß : 28-32 cm (differs from region to region) Hand: 25.4 cm (very old) Spanne: 22-28 cm (differs from region to region again) They were all used to describe the height of a person, so your relative was either very tall, 196 cm / 6 ft 2 inches or very small 149.26cm / ca 5 ft or 148 cm / 4ft 9 inches Does that help ? ----- Original Message ----- From: Sarah Williams <cat6_11@pe.net> To: <BAVARIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 12:57 AM Subject: [BAVARIA] Puzzling word > Fuss (Fuß) is the word for foot used now. Sesusn could have been a > variation or someone could have misinterpreted a cursive f for a s. > (english f's used to look like s, during colonial times. I dont know > what lines are in measurement. > > > >Subject: > [BAVARIA] Puzzling word > Date: > Mon, 28 Feb 2000 18:06:07 EST > From: > LTBoehmke@aol.com > To: > BAVARIA-L@rootsweb.com > > > > The record pages of my ggrandfathers Bavarian military service from 1845 > to > 1848 gives his physical description as 5 Sesusn, 8 Zolln, 3 Linian. > I can guess that it means 5 feet, 8 inches, 3?. > But neither of my dictionaries has a word like Sesusn, or Sasusr, or > Sisuse. > Is that an old word? Does it mean "feet"? > And what are 3 lines? > Regards, > LaVerne > ltboehmke@aol.com > researching B.O.E.H.M.K.E. H.E.M.M.A.N.N. H.E.I.N.E.M.A.N.N. > J.A.E.H.N.I.K.E. L.A.N.D.L. L.I.N.H.A.R.D.T. > P.I.E.T.S.C.H.M.A.N.N. > R.O.E.H.L. S.E.H.L.E.R. S.I.E.V.E.R.S. T.E.L.L.E. < > > > ==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== > Sister or Brother, > Can you spare $10 dollars to support Rootsweb? > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html#personal > >