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Subject: [LDR] Church Record Symbols taken from a Baden Germany list
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 00:15:46 EDT

These may be of assistance in deciphering church records:
asterisk * Born
asterisk in parentheses (*) Born illegitimately
cross and asterisk +* Stillborn
single or multiple water waves ~,= Baptized
communion cup Y Confirmed
ring o Engaged
linked or touching rings oo,& Married
separated rings o|o Divorced
separated rings o-o Illegitimate union
two exclamation marks !! Pastor
cross or vertical dagger + Died
cross and asterisk +* Stillborn
crossed swords X Died in battle
cross and crossed swords X Died from battle wounds
box [],# Buried
two crosses ++ This line extinct

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