Maurine, From your message, I don't know which Ortssippenbuch may be involved so I am in the dark. I might have some guesses, though. Hopefully, someone will correct me and give you the proper answers. "s after oo1" -- might this be a suggestion that the current marriage would be Johann Baptist Stocker's second marriage and he is also listed with a code within the letter "S", number 3615? "u. before Salomea" -- Salomea became the wife, married to Johann Baptist with the exact meaning not of uxor as wife but of "und"....as "and"? "u.d" -- usually seems to mean "and of" although there might be a slim chance that it would mean the bride's mother was deceased at the time of the marriage. Is there no opening page of "Zeichen und Abkürzungen" which offers explanations of the notations and abbreviations used? My own guesses would be the simple choice of "und" and of "und der". djweber [email protected] ---------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maurine LeBlanc" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 5:11 PM Subject: [Ortenau] Kinship Book > Good Day, > > Would someone be so kind and help me with wording from a kinship book? It > reads: > > Johann Baptist Stocker <oo1 s. 3615>, u. Salomea Geppert <T.d. Jacob G., > in > Schutterzell, u.d. Ursula geb. Vogler. > > What does the s after oo1 mean, u. before Salomea and u.d. mean? > > I thank you very much for your time. > > Maurine > >