Additional Letters Found in Austrian Records
| Ää | Ææ | Öö | Üü | ß |
Samples of Interchangeable Phonetic Spelling
| Dd | Tt | Weidenaur | Weittenaur |
| Ff | Vv | Feucht | Veicht |
| Gg | Kk | Granser | Krantzer |
| Hh | Kk | Hainitz | Kainiz |
| Kk | Cc | Kreuzer | Creuzer |
| Öö | Ee | Ödlesberg | Edlesberg |
| Pp | Bb | Plessberger | Blessberger |
| Ÿÿ | Ii | Peÿrl | Peirl |
| Ab | Ib | Abraham | Ibrahim |
| Am | Ham | Amesder | Hameseder |
| An | Un | Anteusch | Unteusch |
| Gro | Grei | Grossmeier | Greismeier |
Sample Variations in Family Names
| Ehn | Enn |
| Frühwald | Friwalt |
| Gierer | Gürer |
| Hainitz | Kainiz |
| Kernstog | Kernstock |
| Leitner | Leutner |
| Nagl | Nägel |
| Pehm | Behm |
| Pöhm | Böhm |
| Peyrl/Peurl | Bayr/Bayerl |
| Pösenböck | Besenbeck |
| Stix | Stüx |
| Stiz | Stütz |
| Stüchs | Stüks |
Samples of Latin vs. German Given Names
Latin |
German |
| Carolus | Karl |
| Georgius | Georg |
| Gertrudis | Gertraud(t) |
| Joannes | Johann(es) |
| Laurentius | Lorenz |
| Mathildis | Mathilde |
| Vitus | Veit(h) |
Samples of Locality Name Variations & Changes
| Bertholz | Kleinpertholz |
| Bizaigen | Pitzeichen |
| Bockschlag | Poggschlag |
| Dumling | Thumling |
| Edt | Oed |
| Egg | Eck |
| Foirantz | Voirans |
| Hannagschmais | Annagschmais |
| Klein Germbs | Kleingerungs |
| Penatshof | Bernhardshof |
| Praunöck | Braunegg |
| Raÿzendorf | Reitzendorf |
| Ringbach | Rinnbach |
| Roikenreid | Roggenreith |
| Weindling | Weinling |
| Wihalben | Wiehalm |
Other Patterns
| Name with line above a letter | Double letter (ē = ee) |
| Name with line above last letter | Missing ending (Adā = Adam; Hofmā = Hofman) |
| Name with "b" added after last letter | "b" is dropped & previous letter is doubled |
| Names may be abbreviated at times | Hs = Hanß |
| Names & words may be abbreviated using a colon | Magd: for Magdalena; ux: for uxor |
| Names & words may be hyphonated at end of lines | Otten= (next line) =schlag (meaning Ottenschlag) |
| ü | umlaut u |
| ú or ŭ | u; accents used to differentiate between letter "n" |
| Ÿÿ | Yy; no difference or additional meaning |
| -in | Ending often added to female surnames |
