I need a little assistance with translating some words that refer to a baptism record from Swedish into English: 1) döpt - baptism? 2) född - born? 3) faeleke or faelelue or faelebe - date of baptism? 4) foral - first name? 5) drar - last name (surname)? 6) Faddrar - sponsors? 7) o (with horizontal line over it) 8) o. h. - (no line over the o) 9) o. h. h. (with horizontal line over the o) Example: Faddrar D Danielson o. h.h. Christine 10) utam 11) marr (hard to read) 12) forsamb or forsaml Thank you in advance, L Covey
I have personally thanked each of these two kind gentleman. They helped a lot. Lani Fiesta4U2 wrote: > I need a little assistance with translating some words that refer to a > baptism record from Swedish into English: > > 1) döpt - baptism? > 2) född - born? > 3) faeleke or faelelue or faelebe - date of baptism? > 4) foral - first name? > 5) drar - last name (surname)? > 6) Faddrar - sponsors? > 7) o (with horizontal line over it) > 8) o. h. - (no line over the o) > 9) o. h. h. (with horizontal line over the o) > Example: Faddrar > D Danielson o. h.h. Christine > 10) utam > 11) marr (hard to read) > 12) forsamb or forsaml > > Thank you in advance, > L Covey