Hi, Polizei = police -diener, Diener = lit. servant, someone who waits on or assists. So this may indicate that said "Polizeidiener" may have been sort-of a "go-for", assistant for the Polizei. Hanneli > In a message dated 8/5/2002 10:01:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > Does anyone on the list know what this word is? > > Polizeydiener > > The "y" has two dots above it. > > Today the word would probably be written Polizeidiener, and means policeman, > according to Thode's dictionary > Paul C. Miller > > > > > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Swiss Resource Site > http://swiss.genealogy.net >