Peg: to answere your second paragraph first - anything is worth ordering. You never know what you are going to find in some cases you have the most incredible luck. To answer your first question. be careful with HS. - which is Hans - but there is also HR> which means Mister and is used to denote a person who was considered of some notability in the community - like the parson or the mayor. Also in some cases you will find FR> (FRAU) in front of a woman's name as Fr. Anna Maria Wirth (vogtin) - she was the wife of an ecclesiastical judge. Joe Wolfe On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 09:21:26 -0600 Peg <carpb@inxpress.net> writes: > A prospective cousin living near Zurich is researching the archives > there > looking for our HASLER connections. Many of the names like Jakob, > Karl, and > Rudolf are often preceded by the abbreviation of "Hs." Is there > anyone who > can confirm that this stands for Hans and tell me why this was done? > Some of > my Swiss friends (from Graubunden) send me transcriptions of records > without > any mention of this prefix or first name so up until recently my > ancestors > were known only as Jakob or Rudolf and now I'm receiving > transcriptions > (from Zurich) that show a Hans precedes the names I've known. Going > back > about six generations there is a Hans in front of every male name > until > suddenly there is a Georg with no Hans in front. > > Also is there anyone who can tell me if public records are worth > ordering; > specifically the Gemeindeakten (community records), Protokoll > (minutes of > town meetings), Kopialbuch (copy book), Zinsurbar (Tax records), > UrKundenregister (misc. community documents), and Landbuch (land > book). > Would I glean much from these? > > I'd like to comment too that after a long absence from this list, > it's good > to be back. The community herein is as friendly and helpful as ever. > Thank you. > > Peg > > > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Support RootsWeb! Help provide FREE genealogical resources on the > Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >