German translation help, please

[Sue from Southend]

I'm looking at a German baptism in 1848. The transcription is very helpful but it seems to me that the original contains a lot more information. Can anyone help please?

Heinrich Herman Schnaars, b 6 Nov 1848. The image is item 135 on the left hand page.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discovery...=successSource

Thank you x

[kiterunner]

It says his father was a carpenter and gives the names of the godparents. Hopefully someone who is better at German than me can decipher the rest.

[ElizabethHerts]

The page won't open for me.

[Sue from Southend]

Thanks for looking Kite and Elizabeth - I'm not sure why it won't open for you Elizabeth?

I have another question! Heinrich Herman married in London and gives his father's name as Diedrich. On the baptism record it is Ahrend Diedrich. Is dropping the first name a standard practice in Germany? Heinrich and his German born wife both use their middle names in later censuses ....

[kiterunner]

Yes, it is very common for the first name not to be used.

[garstonite]

Ahrend Diedrich Schnaars married Rebecke Lenore Lankenau in Worpswede, Hanover Germany - the record is on www.geneanet.org

https://en.geneanet.org/fonds/indivi...act_year=&go=1

[kiterunner]

Ancestry has a good message board for help with translating German documents:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/boards/lo...%20translation

[ElizabethHerts]

I just get this:

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[Sue from Southend]

Allan - thank you for that. Ahrend Dietrich's wife in the baptism record is Maria but I will look into the other records.

Kite and Elizabeth, my laptop has just died and I can't handle Ancestry on my phone If/ when I get it working again I'll try to repost a link to the record and check out the German translation group.

Thanks again