The word for marriage is ''Hierat''. I've seen a longer version of the word used in German church books. **** In a message dated 07/28/04 9:01:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, OHCUYAHO-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: The word looks like: Feirathen or Beirathen, or the ie could be a "u" and= honestly I don't know what the first letter is due to its flourished typ= eset. I am able to scan it to a pdf file if you are willing.

That would be ei - Heirat