Hier sind einige Symbole und Zeichen die in Genealogischen Texten benutzt werden:
| Symbol: |
Deutsch: |
English: |
| * |
geboren |
born |
| (*) |
aussereheliche Geburt |
born illegitimate |
| ~ |
getauft |
baptized |
| o |
verlobt |
engaged |
| oo |
verheiratet |
married |
| I oo |
1. Ehe |
1st marriage |
| II oo |
2. Ehe |
2nd marriage |
| + |
gestorben |
died |
| +us |
mortuus |
died |
| +g |
mortuus |
died |
| +* |
Totgeburt |
stillborn |
| o/o |
geschieden |
divorced |
| o|o |
geschieden |
divorced |
| o-o |
freie Verbindung |
illegimate or common law union |
| X |
gefallen |
killed in war |
| +X |
an im Kampf erlittenen Wunden gestorben |
died of wounds in war |
| [] |
begraben |
buried |
| ++ |
diese Linie ausgestorben |
this line extinct |
| !! |
Pfarrer |
Reverend |
| /### |
Kind von ### |
child of parent ### | |