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Burial: a child born out of wedlock to Henrich Wasman of Dohnsen, Halle, 7 May 1587

Transcript and translation

Uncertain readings are marked [?] or set in brackets; words that could not be read are marked as such. Each transcript is shown as written, with its transcriber’s notes.

Transcription (German)

Henrich Wasman [underlined] zu Dohnsen, welcher ein Kindt [außer]halb der Ehe gezeugt, dasselbe Kind zur Erden bestattet den 7 Mai juxta [Jubilate].

Translation (English)

Henrich Wasman of Dohnsen, who fathered a child out of wedlock; the same child buried on 7 May, near Jubilate.

Notes

Re-read at 4x: W-a-s-man, the third letter a long s.

Addendum: F442 (1).

Grade: Stated.

*Conventions: [ ] editorial addition; [?] uncertain reading; [..] or […] illegible or outside the crop; dates as the register gives them (Julian before 1700).