Re: GEN-DE Place of Residence

Robert Rothenbuhler wrote:
> Hi,
>   Thanks for the info  Will take a look.   The timeframe was in the 
> middle 1800s.   The
> surname is Frentrup who married a Gläsker.   My Obermeier family married
a
> Frentrup.   They all settled in Ohio, Lucas and Wood Counties.
>    Doesn't the below translate to "Place of Residence and House Number"?

To answer your last question: Yes and No. Place of Residence can be a 
small village at that time without any streetname being used. At that 
time the village just had all of the houses numbered in some order, as 
there were not that many houses. Streetnames were invented when cities 
grew to large to indicate all houses by a single number, later on 
villages (even though maybe still small) followed the same regime.

As complication there was even renumbering at all times, this due to 
adding houses were e.g. they previously where not expected. Same holds 
for any country I thusfar saw more extensively in data.

Richard

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