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Emigrant Volumes By Dr. Heinz Marxkors: Series A and B
How to Read Data

The text to Dr. Marxkors' volumes of emigrant data, indexed here on this site, is in German with some English. However, for translation, see the coding sheet below. The amount of information on each emigrant varies, but may contain place and date of birth, names of parents, name of spouse and date of marriage, etc., . . . The volumes do include a limited number of tables and maps.

Emigrant Volumes By Dr. Heinz Marxkors: Series A and B
How to read the data from (1) to (110)
 
(1) Former county
(2) Code number
(3) Name by birth, family name
(4) Name by birth, family name alternate spelling, name of the farm
(5) First names, names by baptism
(6) First name by which one is generally known
(7) Gender
(8) Date of birth
(9) Place of birth
(10) Date of baptism
(11) Place of baptism
(12) Denomination
(13) Father : Name by birth, family name
(14) Father : Name by birth, family name alternate spelling, name of the farm
(15) Father : First names, names by baptism
(16) Father : Occupation, job
(17) Emigrant : Occupation, job
(18) Mother : Name by birth, family name
(19) Mother : Name by birth, family name alternate spelling, name of the farm
(20) Mother : First names, names by baptism
(21) Date of departure
(22) Year of departure
(23) Age of the emigrant, when he/she left home country
(24) Port of embarkation
(25) Name of the ship
(26) Port of destination
(27) Date of arrival
(28) Destination town in USA
(29) Fellow passengers
(30) Remarks, comments
(31) Date of death
(32) Age of the emigrant when he/she died
(33) Place of death
(34) Cause of death
(35) Date of burial
(36) Place of burial
(37),(59),(81) Date of marriage
(38),(60),(82) Place of marriage
(39),(61),(83) Age of the emigrant when he/she married
(40),(62),(84) Marital status
(41),(63),(85) Spouse : Name by birth, family name
(42),(64),(86) Spouse : Name by birth, family name, alternate spelling, name of the farm
(43),(65),(87) Spouse : First names, names by baptism
(44),(66),(88) Spouse : Occupation, job
(45),(67),(89) Spouse : Marital status
(46),(68),(90) Spouse : Date of birth
(47),(69),(91) Spouse : Place of birth/place of baptism
(48),(70),(92) Spouse : Age when married
(49),(71),(93) Father of spouse : Name by birth
(50),(72),(94) Father of spouse : Name by birth, alternate spelling, name of the farm
(51),(73),(95) Father of spouse : First names, names by baptism
(52),(74),(96) Father of spouse : Occupation, job
(53),(75),(97) Mother of spouse : Name by birth
(54),(76),(98) Mother of spouse : first names, names by baptism
(55),(77),(99) Spouse : Date of death
(56),(78),(100) Spouse : Cause of death
(57),(79),(101) Spouse : Age when he/she died
(58),(80),(102) Spouse : Place of burial
(103) Children : First names, names by baptism
(104) Children : Date of birth
(105) Children : Place of birth/place of baptism
(106) Children : Date of death
(107) Children : Age when they died
(108) Children : Cause of death
(109) Children : Place of burial
(110) Child(ren) from marriage 1, 2 or 3

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