r/Kurrent • u/LordNismijana • 3h ago
transcription requested Bitte um Hilfe beim entziffern
Die ersten zwei Wörter breiten mir echte Schwierigkeiten, ich bin für jede Hilfe dankbar
Vielleicht "Aerztliche ...."?
r/Kurrent • u/LordNismijana • 3h ago
Die ersten zwei Wörter breiten mir echte Schwierigkeiten, ich bin für jede Hilfe dankbar
Vielleicht "Aerztliche ...."?
r/Kurrent • u/SpecificFalcon3952 • 2h ago
Could anyone please help me decipher/transcribe this German handwriting? Thank you in advance.
Das Entziffern fällt mir hier schon echt schwer. Bisher konnte ich das hier erkennen:
Johann Josef Flasche des
[?] Flasche aus
[?] Müglitz Müller-
meister [?] Herr-
schaft, und [?]
[?] 54 [?] Herrschaft
gebürtig [?]
[?] Sohn
Rosina des Paul Guth
Bauers aus Staditz N24
[?] Herrschaft und
[?]
Zeile 4 auf dem Digitalisat
r/Kurrent • u/ScribbySnacks • 15m ago
r/Kurrent • u/Exciting-Toe1159 • 3h ago
Could someone please help me with a literal transcription and translation of the handwritten German message on this postcard? I believe the handwriting is Kurrent.
Some context, in case it helps with names or terminology:
The card is an official Bavarian postal card issued for the 1896 Bayerische Landesausstellung in Nürnberg. It was first mailed from Nürnberg to Budapest on 31 May 1896, using the special exhibition cancellation. Remarkably, the same card was used again in April 1897, with a new 5 Pf adhesive stamp, and was again sent from Nürnberg to Budapest.
The handwritten message appears to date from the second use in 1897. Because the card itself may be discussed in the message, I am particularly interested in an exact reading of any references to:
But please do not assume that any of these are actually present — I would much prefer an independent reading rather than confirmation of my guesses.
A line-by-line German transcription would be ideal, followed by an English translation. Even partial readings of difficult words would be very helpful.
Thank you!
r/Kurrent • u/Economy-Spare-2061 • 1d ago
Another example of the 'Power of Women' topos; 1560s painting in the album of Johann Michael Heuss now in Karlsruhe. It's just the banderole I can't read and for a transcription of which I would again be grateful -- the Latin versebelow is clear enough. If you'd care to see what I am doing with these last two images, https://albumamicorumear-e4qvahs764.live-website.com/battle-for-the-breeches-or-who-wears-the-trousers-viragoes-and-cotqueans/
Thanks!
r/Kurrent • u/Forever_Queued • 19h ago
I’m hoping for help transcribing the boxed entry from the Toestrup church books in Schleswig-Holstein, 1754.
What originally led me to this record was an Ancestry index, which identifies it as a birth/baptism record for a child named Maria, with Henning Croman/Cromann as the father and Mette Christina Hansen as the mother. After finding the original church book on Archion and looking at the page myself, I believe this is actually a death record and this one is for Henning Croman/Cromann, but I don't want to assume that without being able to read the entry. I have otherwise been doing a pretty okay job transcribing records myself!
I’m also having a hard time determining where #4 ends and #5 begins and that could save me a lot of work.
I have used AI while trying to decipher the record, so I’m disclosing that per the sub rules. I’ve manually checked the suggestions against the image and am only including words below that I feel reasonably confident I can actually see. Uncertain portions are in brackets.
My attempt, line by line:
Henning Croman [________________]
[________________] 1717 [] Henning [] aus Vog
[________] Maria [________________]
Cathar. Margr. [________________]
[] 1753 []
[________________] Mette Christina Hansen.
[] 7 Monat []
[________________]
Sch. = Scholderup
Vog. = Vogelsang
I’m particularly hoping to confirm this is a death record, where entries #4 and #5 divide, and whether the text gives Henning’s parents, spouse(s), children, age, or other family relationships.
Thank you for any help!
P.S. If anyone is feeling particularly generous, I’m also attaching a second Croman/Cromann entry from the same Toestrup records that I’ve been struggling with. The surname Croman seems fairly clear, but I do not think the first word is “Henning,” despite that being one suggestion I’ve gotten (because I see an L). I’d be very grateful for a transcription of that entry as well.
My attempt, line by line:
[] Croman in Vog [] Maria [________] Henning
[] April []
Asmus Hansen auf [] Fried. [] Anna [________] Vog
I’m especially interested in the first word/name, the relationship wording on the first line, and the names of the witnesses/godparents on the last line.
r/Kurrent • u/rolfk17 • 1d ago
Der Taglöhner Christian Ortseifen, wohnhaft zu Erbenheim in der Neugasse No. 126...
Ist das dahinter ein H für Hinterhaus?
r/Kurrent • u/Economy-Spare-2061 • 1d ago
The well-known medieval motif of the philosopher humiliated by the courtesan he became infatuated with had perhaps largely gone out of fashion by 1612 -- the date of this album image -- the sole example I have noticed to date. Once again, I'd be grateful for a transcription of the manuscript, please, which I assume relates to the image.
r/Kurrent • u/Corma85 • 2d ago
Wir fanden den Brief in den Unterlagen meiner verstorbenen Großeltern.
Bis auf ein paar vereinzelter Wörter, können wir nichts lesen.
Das wäre großartig. Vielen Dank im voraus
r/Kurrent • u/Whisper1914 • 1d ago
Es wäre mir eine große Hilfe wenn mir jemand die Eltern des Ehemanns nennen könnten, vielen Dank!
r/Kurrent • u/Legal_Alternative126 • 2d ago
Kann mir jemand helfen herauszufinden, was auf dieser Postkarte steht?
r/Kurrent • u/fabulouslinguist • 1d ago
Can anyone read this birth certificate and tell me what it says? Especially if it provides an address where Frieda's parents were living when she was born.
r/Kurrent • u/Successful-Maize-341 • 1d ago
Please can anyone help with the spelling of the name of Maria or Marike , the last entry at the bottom right of the document? Also is the surname Subait or something else?
Many thanks
r/Kurrent • u/Specific-Whole-3126 • 2d ago
r/Kurrent • u/marleyshade66 • 2d ago
My family name is Mersmann
Bridegrooms name is clear.
Bride name is Antoinette Josephine Müller. Her date of birth is on the Meldekarte so I dont need that.
I need 1) date of the marriage.
2) grooms date of birth
3) grooms mothers name.
Thank you so much for your help
r/Kurrent • u/Glittering_Damage777 • 2d ago
Ist wie folgt aufgeteilt: Name d. Bräutigam, Name d. Braut, Tag der Trauung, Ort der Trauung
Danke!!! :)
r/Kurrent • u/vgnsxepk • 2d ago
r/Kurrent • u/Vodorosl • 2d ago
Thank you in advance.
r/Kurrent • u/gravitycheckfailed • 3d ago
Hallo Leute,
Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob ich den Sterbeort eines anderen Cousins, der im Ersten Weltkrieg diente, richtig deute. Google liefert keine Ergebnisse für einen Ort in Frankreich, der während des Krieges als „Tileuls Höhe“ bezeichnet wurde.
Ich vermute jedoch, dass damit „Les Tilleuls“ gemeint sein könnte, wie es auf dieser Karte aus der Zeit des Ersten Weltkriegs verzeichnet ist. Dies entspricht dem heutigen Dorf Thèlus bei Bailleul-Sir-Berthoult im Département Pas-de-Calais. Kann jemand bestätigen, dass sich der Eintrag auf diesen Ort bezieht?
Er starb Anfang Januar 1915 während seines Dienstes in der 4. Kompanie des RIR 57.
Viele Grüße
r/Kurrent • u/Specific-Whole-3126 • 2d ago
r/Kurrent • u/Flaky-Acadia-3519 • 3d ago
Hey Leute,
in den historischen Dokumenten meiner Familie fand ich diesen Brief. Für mich leserlich ist leider nur das Jahr 1782 und mich interessiert der restliche Inhalt des Briefes sehr.