[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] WIRT

[Sigrid Pohl Perry]

Ursula,

Thank you for reminding all of us that some of the words used in old 
parish records do not have the same meanings as are found in a modern 
dictionary. This can be frustrating for many people doing research. I 
have found that the vocabulary lists available at www.familysearch.org 
on the wiki site are very helpful, especially for Polish. SGGEE has 
links to translation helps here: 
https://www.sggee.org/research/translation_aids.html

Unfortunately, the German word list linked here only used Innkeeper for 
Wirt. But as Ursula indicates, the word is used in the records in Poland 
to indicate farmer or landowner. Sometimes "landwirt" is used correctly, 
but abbreviations were quite popular.

Sigrid Pohl Perry

On 5/5/2014 9:23 AM, Joanna Hintz wrote:
> What we are discussing here?
>
> I have no dictionary, but I am from Germany.
>
> And we are not talking of today's occupations.
>
> Therefore, "Gastwirt = inkeeper" and "wirt = farmer".
>
> Ursula
>
>
> 2014-05-05 15:22 GMT+02:00 John S Ziske<jsziske37 at gmail.com>:
>
>    
>> My German-English Dictionary lists the following for WIRT:
>> host; landlord; innkeeper, restaurant proprietor, lodging-house keeper;
>> *(dial)
>> head of the household;*
>>
>> John S Ziske
>> South Barre, Vermont
>>
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