Hi List, Mom's still in carpal tunnel limbo, but wanted me to send this information along from a recent lookup. German words on tombstones, plus a few practice stones: ALTER; ALTERN = AGE AUF = ON; ONTO AUFERSTEHUNG = RESURRECTION ALHEIR; HIER; HIR; HR = HERE ALLEM = ALWAYS; ONCE AND FOR ALL BEGRABEN = BURIED BIS = UNTIL; TILL DAS = THAT DAG; TAG = DAY DER; DIE = THE ERLOESERS; ERLOSER = REDEEMER EWIGKEIT = ETERNITY FREUDE = JOY; PLEASURE FRIEDEN; FRIEDE = PEACE FRAU = WIFE GEBOREN; GROHREN = BORN GESTORBEN; STERBEN = DIED GOTT = GOD IST = IS ICH = I; MY JAHR; JAR; JARR = YEAR JAMER; JAMMER = MISERY KINDER; KINDERFER = CHILD LIGT; LIGD; LIEGT; LIEGE = LIES LEYD; LEIDEN = SUFFERING MEINE = MINE; MY MICH = ME MONAT = MONTH MIT = WITH; AT RUHET; RUHEN; RUHE = REST SCHLAFFE; SCHLAFEN = SLEEP; ASLEEP SOHN = SON SCHIEGERSOHN = SON-IN-LAW SCHWIEGERTOCHER = DAUGHTER-IN-LAW SELIG = LATE; BLESSED; DECEASED TOCHER = DAUGHTER UND = AND VERSTORBENE = DECEASED WIEDERGEBOREN = BORN AGAIN WAR = WAS WARDET; WARTEN = WAITS; AWAITS ZUVERSICHT = TRUST; CONFIDENCE ZUM KINDERFER = OUR CHILD >From Christ Union Church, Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County, PA: CHRISTINA LAUBACH IST GEBOHREN IM JAHR CHRISTI 1699 UND GESTORBEN IM JAHR CHRISTI 1768. >From Christ Lutheran Church (the Long Church), Stouchsburg, Berks County, PA: HIER LIGD BEGRABEN MARIA CATTARINA BECKERIN IST GROHREN 1705 UND GESTORBEN 1743. >From Christ Union Church, Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County: HIER RUHET IN GOTT DIE SELIG VERSTORBENE SAWINA FREIMAN 1710 - 1802. Laura Mason