FBIllingen - Projekt (FB-I)

Dear visitors!

on these pages you will find all data from the book

Familienbuch der Pfarrei und Bürgermeisterei Illingen von 1689 bis 1904
von Hugo Gerber (s. bei GenWiki)

With this family book of the catholic parish Illingen and the mayoralty Illingen from 1689 to 1904 Hugo Gerber already in the 80's of the last century made a decisive contribution to the genealogical research in the concerned parishes (Illingen, Hüttigweiler, Wemmetsweiler, Merchweiler etc.) as well as in the surrounding area (Schiffweiler, Eppelborn, Marpingen). Many family books of the surrounding area refer to Hugo Gerber's work, making it an invaluable source of the genealogy of Illingen. Even if the origin of the data from the original documents is not recorded and the quality of the data is therefore rather uncertain, the work is in itself coherent and can be useful as a reference for further research. In its analog version it has already helped many researchers.

Hugo Gerber has collected and published his data in respectable manual work from documents and lists. In 1998, the first edition was revised and supplemented and published as a four-volume work. The present work refers to this revision.

With the project "FB Illingen" I made the valuable data stock available for digital research and evaluation. In doing so, I have tried to correct obvious errors and to summarize duplications which were obvious (e.g. multiple naming of children under different family entries). The corrections are explained in the notes in each case.

In addition, I have tried to verify information by consulting other family books of the area and have been able to discover new connections in the family book of Illingen. The references to other sources are recorded as additional sources and are available to the registered members (see become a member) for viewing.

The corresponding family entry in the family book of Illingen is recorded as a user defined fact (gedcom-TAG FACT) with the name "Gerber-Nummer" in the form .xxxxxx. (family number from the Gerber book enclosed in dots). The role of a subject is attached as a note.
The family number is also included with the corresponding family as "Gerber-Nummer".

You can therefore easily search for the probands or a family in the family book (e.g. 4711) by entering the reference in dots in the search field (top right): .4711. Then the family 4711 and all probands entered as members in the family entry who have a reference to this family number will be listed. More about this see the FAQ.

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Dieter Eckstein

PS: NEW Visit also the forum for active participation in the project: decki.carosaar.de

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