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Hi I've been given a family tree compiled by my late uncle. He uses the abreviation "ald." as in "tr.19-7-1845 ald." Can you tell me what this might mean please? Thanks

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Probably an abbreviation of aldaar, which means "there, in that place".
Thanks. That would make sense. The preceding place name is "Nieuw-Lekkerland" which would be a pain to retype everytime.
Hi Saskia,

Tamura is right.

The abreviation "ald." stands for "aldaar". It literally means "there". It refers to a place mentioned before, like: John was born on 1 Aug 1964 in Amsterdam. He married Susy on 20 November 2001 aldaar (= also in Amsterdam).

I hope this helps.

Kind regards,
Sylvia
Hi
Thanks. It does make sense now. May I ask another question? My uncle has written against another entry - Petronella Wilhelmina van der Zaag who was born in Zuidland in 1759 and died in 's-Gravenhage in 1833 - "otr.15-6-1785 's-Gravenhage en tr. 23-6-1785 Zuidland". Did she have two weddings or is this something comparable to reading the Banns in England?
Regards
Saskia
Me again.

Yes, you're right. "otr." stands for "ondertrouw". This is the same as reading the Banns in England.

Kind regards,
Sylvia
Hi
More help with another abbreviation please. "ontb." This follows a reference to a marriage.
Saskia
I would think this means " ontbonden " or disolved, Saskia. Likely by death, as divorce was uncommon then. Remarriages, sometimes several, because of death of a partner were common. The words are close in meaning to the English bind, bond and spelled the same way. Here it would mean literally "disbonded or disbound". .

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