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S. = Seite page
s. = siehe see the following reference
Sachsen Saxony
Salbung anointing
Samstag Saturday
Satertag Saturday
Sattler saddler, leather worker
Schäfer shepherd
Scharlachfieber scarlet fever
Scheiding September
Scheidung divorce
Schein certificate
Schenkungen donations
Schlaganfall stroke, seizure
Schlagfluß stroke
Schloß castle
Schlosser locksmith
Schmied smith
Schneider tailor
Schreiber scribe, clerk
Schreiner cabinetmaker, joiner
Schuhmacher shoemaker, cobbler
Schule school
Schullehrer schoolteacher
Schultheiß (Schulze) village mayor, head of town council
Schuster shoemaker, cobbler
Schwäche weakness
Schwager brother-in-law
Schwägerin sister-in-law
schwanger pregnant
schwarz black
Schweiz Switzerland
Schweizer Swiss; also a dairyman
Schwester sister
Schwiegermutter mother-in-law
Schwiegersohn son-in-law
Schwiegertochter daughter-in-law
Schwiegervater father-in-law
Schwindsucht consumption
S.d. = Sohn des, der son of
sechs six
sechste sixth
sechsundzwanzig twenty-six
sechsundzwanzigste twenty-sixth
sechzehnhundert sixteen hundred
sechzehn sixteen
sechzehnte sixteenth
sechzig sixty
sechzigste sixtieth
See lake
Seelen souls
Seelenregister church membership list
Seemann sailor
Seifensieder soap maker
Seiler rope maker
sein to be; his
seit since
Seite page
selige (the) late, blessed
September September
sich himself, herself, itself
sie she, they
Sie you
sieben seven
siebente seventh
siebenundzwanzigste twenty-seventh
siebte seventh
siebzehn seventeen
siebzehnhundert seventeen hundred
siebzehnte seventeenth
siebzig seventy
siebzigste seventieth
Sieder soap maker
siehe see
Sigrist sexton
sind are
so as, so, thus, such
Sohn son
Söhnlein (Söhnchen) young son
Soldat soldier
sollen should
Sonnabend Saturday
Sonntag Sunday
spät late (p.m.)
spur. = spurius, spuria illegitimate
Staat state
Staatsangehörigkeit citizenship, nationality
Staatsarchiv state archives
Stadt city
Stammbaum family tree, pedigree
Stand occupation, status, condition
Standesamt civil registrar’s office
starb died
stellen place, put, impose
Stellmacher wheelwright
Sterbefälle deaths
sterben to die
Steuer tax
Stickfluß asthma
Stiefbruder half brother, stepbrother
Stiefkind stepchild
Stiefmutter stepmother
Stiefschwester half sister, stepsister
Stiefvater stepfather
Stillgeburt stillbirth
Straße street
Stunde hour
Sucht sickness, mania, rage
Süden south
S.v. = Sohn von son of

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