{"id":3600,"date":"2009-04-07T22:00:13","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T05:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/07\/the-birth-and-baptism-of-georg-lather-1870\/"},"modified":"2009-04-07T22:00:13","modified_gmt":"2009-04-08T05:00:13","slug":"the-birth-and-baptism-of-georg-lather-1870","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/3600","title":{"rendered":"The Birth and Baptism of Georg Lather – 1870"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 13 May 1870, Georg Lather, son of Johann Georg Lather and Louise Gade, was born in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA. He was baptized in the St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA on 26 Jul 1870.<\/p>\n

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The Birth and Baptismal Record of Georg Lather – 1870<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE: St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (Albany, Albany County, New York, USA), Parish Records of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, book 2, page 40, entry 82, George Lather, 26 July 1870; St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Office, Albany, Albany County, New York.<\/p>\n

Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record of Georg Lather<\/a>. This PDF document includes an image of the original document, a transcription in German Gothic, a transcription in modern German, and a translation in English. Translated from the German, the record provides the following information:<\/p>\n

Record number: 82
\nDate of Birth: 13 May 1870
\nDate of Baptism: 26 Jul 1870
\nName of Child: Georg Lather, Son of Georg Lather from Kirtorf, Hessen-Darmstadt, and his wife, Louise Gade from Kirtorf, Hessen-Darmstadt.
\nGodfather: Georg Lather<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This record was written in German using a combination of Latin letters and German Gothic letters. In general, the record is written using German Gothic letters. except for dates, personal names, and place names which are written in Latin letters. Still, the name of the state, Hessen-Darmstadt is abbreviated as Hess. D. and written with a combination of German Gothic and Latin letters.<\/p>\n

This record was copied by Christopher Lather at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA. This was the document that provided Chris with the information necessary to find the family in their homeland – Kirtorf, Hessen-Darmstadt (now Germany).<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2009 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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