Family Book Example
Translation of Some of the Above Example Family Group Entry
<Family number 6> ADAM, Georg Valentin, lutheran
born approx 1770 in Heuchelheim, Rhineland-Palatinate (a,1)
Residence: Nov 13, 1791 in Josefsberg, Galicia, House Number 36 (Source 2); Before Nov 13, 1791 in Brigidau, Galicia (Note b, Source 2)...
...
GAUF (alternate spelling KAUF, married to surnames ADAM & WEBER), Anna Barbara (see families 319 and 1146)
born Nov 4, 1765 in Neiderlinxweiler, Saarland, Germany (Source 25)
Residence: about 1790 in Szczerzec; Galicia (Source 26); about 1790 in Josefsberg, Galicia, House number 81 (Source 27);...
...
Children: 1) ADAM, Maria Katharina, born Oct 16, 1800 in Josefsberg, Galicia, House number 81; baptised Oct 21, 1800 in Brigidau, Galicia (Source 8), Lutheran
...
Notes:
(a) Hometown from BREDETZKY (Josefsberg, 1812)
...
Sources:
(1) BRIGIDAU Parish Marriage Register/Lutheran 1786-1813 year 1791, page 3, section 4, item 2
...
Note: Two house numbers separated by a /, (e.g. HNr 93/14) generally means that the villages houses were renumbered and thus both old and new numbers are given.
Legend of Some Terms Used in the Example
There is a "Legende" (Legend) included with each Familybook with German and English explanations of most abbreviations but a few terms are not translated. Here is a table of terms (both given in the Legende and not) and their meaning :
| <6> | Family number - used for reference anywhere this family is referenced in the book |
| * | Born |
| ∞ (infinity symbol) | Married |
 (dagger and box symbols ) |
Died and Buried |
| Berufe/Wohnung: | Occupation / Dwelling: |
| Anmerkungen: | Notes: |
| Quellen: | Sources: |
| Kinder: | Children: |
| Ibid. | ibidem (latin) - at the same place |
| ebd. | Ebenda, am Gelichen Ort - at the same place |
| HNr. | House Number |
| TfBuch | Parish book of Births (also Tauf buch) |
| TrBuch | Parish book of Marriages (also Trauung buch) |
| ToBuch | Parish book of Deaths (also Tod buch) |
| (= Kauf) | Alternate spelling of surname |
| (Siehe <319>) | (See family <319> for a continuation of this individual's family) |
Note: At one time, these books were created by the Genealogischen Forschungsstelle der Galiziendeutschen, a part of the Hilfskomitee der Galiziendeutschen. Now the books are created by Manfred Daum in cooperation with the Galiziendeutschen - Geschichte und Erinnerungskultur (The Galician Germans - History and Culture Remembered, formerly the Hilfskomitee).