David, I would strongly suggest that you use the word list supplied by the LDS. https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/German_Word_List If you want a PDF copy of the LDS German Research Guide, I can supply it. (They now only have it for sale on FamilySearch.) Lynne, One "noticable mistake" that must be corrected: Evangelishe is Evangelical Lutheran. Evangelisch-reformierte is Calvinism (The same as the Church of Scotland/Presbyterian). Neither of these are Mennonite. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelical_Church_in_Germany At 02:00 AM 8/17/2012, you wrote: >From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] German ancestry > >Dave:At the risk of making some noticeable mistakes, here are a few >of the necessary words for researching German records: geborn: >(geb) borntaufe: christening. (More often the records document >christening, rather than the birth date - I'm not quite sure why, >but it might be to keep a child from dying and going to >purgatory.)heirat:marrystarb: die (storb - died)Katholisch: >CatholicEvangelische: evangelical - Protestant, usually Mennonite? >Perhaps you've already gotten these. Many of the records are in >English already. The only thing I've really had problems with are >books and articles, usually beyond my linguistic capabilities. Get a >German dictionary, and if that fails to supply a helpful >translation, go to babelfish. But I'm confident you will be >surprised at how well you navigate im Deutsch. Liz ---------- >Original Message ---------- >From: "David Railton" <[email protected]> >To: "'Lynne'" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] German ancestry >Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:23:08 +0100 > >Lynne, ____________________________________________________________ 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3241/502e31da5e1d531d9715fst01duc