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Help[Facts] Re: Hs. in front of a German name
in reply to a message by Kim Sutton
It may possibly be an abbreviation for Hans, the same way English records used Geo and Wm for George and William.
https://getsatisfaction.com/familysearch/topics/question-about-german-genealogy-hs?page=1
Ada Lysander Poet
Fable Merit Silver
www.behindthename.com/pnl/59411
https://getsatisfaction.com/familysearch/topics/question-about-german-genealogy-hs?page=1
Fable Merit Silver
www.behindthename.com/pnl/59411
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That appears to be correct, according to this list of 18th-century abbreviations that was made available by a Swiss German state archive:
https://staatsarchiv.zh.ch/internet/justiz_inneres/sta/de/ueber_uns/organisation/editionsprojekte/schulumfrage/_jcr_content/contentPar/downloadlist/downloaditems/abk_rzungsverzeichni.spooler.download.1406532461966.pdf/eSUZH_Abk%C3%BCrzungen_2014_07_18.pdf (in German)
Also see this list of abbreviations for German baptismal names, which was made available by a Swiss genealogical association:
http://www.ghgrb.ch/index.php/de/billeter/tauf-res-rufnamen (in English and German)
https://staatsarchiv.zh.ch/internet/justiz_inneres/sta/de/ueber_uns/organisation/editionsprojekte/schulumfrage/_jcr_content/contentPar/downloadlist/downloaditems/abk_rzungsverzeichni.spooler.download.1406532461966.pdf/eSUZH_Abk%C3%BCrzungen_2014_07_18.pdf (in German)
Also see this list of abbreviations for German baptismal names, which was made available by a Swiss genealogical association:
http://www.ghgrb.ch/index.php/de/billeter/tauf-res-rufnamen (in English and German)
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