Exercise 30
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1. der Scharfrichtereibesitzer Christi
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2. an Philipp Ferdinand Fuchs
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3. funf und siebzig Jahr
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4. sieben Monat evangelischer
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5. Coeslin Mauerstrasse 28
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6. Coeslin verheirathet gewesen
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7. mit Wilhelmine geboren Gast zu Coslin
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8. Sohn des Scharfrichtereibesitzer Christi
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9. an Georg Fuchs und dessen Ehefrau
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10. Louise geboren Brancke beide be
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11. reits verstorben
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12. Coeslin
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13. siebzehn April
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14. funf und achtzig
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15. Vormittag ein ein viertel
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16. und dass er von dem Sterbefall
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17. aus eigener Anschauung Kenntniss habe
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18. unterschrieben
Principles of transcription
- Maintain the original writing - transcribe as faithfully as possible without correcting mistakes made by the writer.
 - Lines of text - the text should be transcribed in the original lines. If a word is divided between two lines, enter the word on both lines as in the original i.e. do not combine it.
 - Punctuation - all punctuation (e.g. commas, full stops, hyphens, etc.) appearing in the original should be omitted.
 - Use of capital letters - the programme does not distinguish between lowercase and uppercase letters and treats both as correct.
 - Letters with diacritics - diacritics should be omitted in the transcription, e.g. ü should be written as u.
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You can read the full transcription rules here.
Helpful tips
- Please note that the writer has written some words using Latin script, which are different from the rest of the text.
 - The letter e can be easily confused with n and v. In case of difficulty, see the Model letters.
 - The letter s is written in several different ways and the name of the city of Koszalin is written in two different ways.
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You can find more tips to help you transcribe old texts here.
Exercise 30
Model letters
