Marriage is HEIRAT. The verb form is HEIRATEN, but the older spelling is HEIRATHEN. "Flowers, Lucie" <LFlowers@AltadisUSA.com> wrote:thank you, that makes sense -----Original Message----- From: Jazmyne@aol.com [mailto:Jazmyne@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 9:11 PM To: OHCUYAHO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [OHCUYAHO] Re: German translation 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. ==== OHCUYAHO Mailing List ==== Please visit the Cuyahoga County GenWeb website at (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyaho/cuyaoh.htm) ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 ==== OHCUYAHO Mailing List ==== Please remember to change your subject lines to correspond with your message and capitalize all surnames. ============================== You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/