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ArchivesRe: Hs. in front of a German name
in reply to a message by Rachel Shaina
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)
"How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on... when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend... some hurts that go too deep... that have taken hold." ~ Frodo Baggins
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)
"How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on... when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend... some hurts that go too deep... that have taken hold." ~ Frodo Baggins
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