I had requested the Amtsbuch for the butcher’s guild, which would have detailed over a hundred years of history before 1800, but I was brought this book instead. (I actually just realized this while verifying the book’s reference signature number.) It’s not a very interesting document or one that contains any family history material, but […]
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These Lehrbriefe are certificates of apprenticeship between the master and apprentices in Belgard, with many of the entries being for the city of Schivelbein. Sometimes physical qualities are described, like hair color or stature. Several copies of each can be found for a few individuals. The wax seal on several of them were preserved. Fleischer […]
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“Knochenhauer” literally means “bone hacker.” These books cover the butcher’s guild in Schivelbein. Other names for the profession were Fleischer (referring to flesh or meats), Metzger (butcher), and Schlachter (the term denoting slaughtering). The earliest pages mention the Dehnel family, who were still butchers a hundred years later in Körlin. Lehr Buch wie auch Meister […]
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