Translation assistant: Genealogie families Lourens en van Bochove

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Dutch	English	Examples
...dr ...sdr	daughter of ...	Johannesdr = daughter of Johannes Gerardsdr = daughter of Gerard
...zn ...sz(n)	son of ...	Johanneszn = son of Johannes Gerardsz(n) = son of Gerard

a/b (schip)	on board (vessel)
beroep	occupation (¹)
burgerlijk (huwelijk)	civil (marriage)
circa	approximately
dag	day
dagen	days
dochter	daughter
een	a(n)
en	and
(ga)	no surname
gebooorteaangifte	birth registration
geboren	born
gedoopt	baptised
geen	none
geen relatie	no relationship
gemeente	municipality/city
geslachtswijziging	sex change
getuige	witness
getuigen	witnesses
huwelijk	marriage
jaar	year
jaren	years
kerkelijk (huwelijk)	religious (marriage)
kind	child
kinderen	children
(levenloos)	stillbirth
maand	month
maanden	months
moeder	mother
naamswijziging	name change
niet bekend	unknown
NN/N.N.	Nomen Nescio = Latin for "I don't know the name" = name(s) unknown, i.e. not mentioned in source.
of	or
onbekend	unknown
ook bekend als	also known as (a.k.a.)
op	on
oud	old
overlijdensaangifte	death registration
relatie	relation
relatievorm niet bekend	type of relation unknown
relatievorm niet vermeld	type of relation not given
samenwonende partners	partners living together
te	at
tweeling	twin
vader	father
van	of
vermoedelijk	probably
waarschijnlijk	most likely
weduwe	widow
weduwnaar	widower
zoon	son


	Remarks
(¹)	The Dutch descriptions of the occupations are not translated. Partly because many are typically Dutch and cannot be translated. Partly because several older occupations don't exist anymore.