Hello Alice, it will be easier for me to translate the Text when I can read the full text. So it will be helpfull, when you also insert the place, where you found the text. Just enter the familynumber (i.e. 19.669 ) with the textpart. 1. is ok 3. until 1762 maidservant at "Pellingen" 4. P: means "Pate(n)" godparents / godfather or godmother depending to the names behind (godfather Clas Weber -grandfather_) 5. vor 1721 = before 1721 um 1721 = about 1721 bis 1721 = until 1721 nach 1721 = after 1721 anno 1721 = in the year 1721 bei 1721 = "bei" is normaly not used with a date, can it be "bis" d.d. 1721 = ?? 1721 (not possible without the full text) Anfng 1721 = (Anfang) at the begin of 1721 6. (1763 sacist for the early mass in Perl) Beste Grüße Rolf (Freytag) Ortsdatenbank: http://www.rolf.sytes.net:8011/myphp/index.php mailto:[email protected] http://www.rolf-freytag.de