Pam in California wrote: "Here is a phrase from a marriage certificate for Altona-Hamburg, from 1880;s (please excuse misspellings): Uls Zeugen tvaren zugezogen und erichienen:" Pam, the phrase in german is: Als Zeugen waren zugezogen und erschienen. You were correct that the phrase refers to witnesses. Translated thus: As witnesses these were obliged to appear: (then the names) Ralph Reimers