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Burials: Hanß Waßmann(?) (1635), a Waßman(?) child (1636), Margretgen Waßman's child (1642) and Waßman Meier's premature daughter (1645), Halle

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)

[92, 10 Apr 1645:] [W]aßman Meier [underlined] eine Tochter begraben lassen, welche 13 Wochen zu frühe [ge]boren worden, aber so lang gelebt, daß sie die [Not]tauffe empfangen.

Translation (English)

[1645:] Waßman Meier had a daughter buried, born 13 weeks too early but living long enough to receive emergency baptism.

Notes

Closed Steps B3.22e had these pages as not legible; read at about 3x–4x. 1635: the rest of the line lost at the gutter (possible). 1636: two readings of one line in this pass (possible at most; carried with both). "Waßman Meier" is the Halle house name of 1594–1667.

Addendum: F443.

Grade: Stated for 1642 and 1645 (words); 1635 and 1636 possible.

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