Months of the Year
| German | Latin | English |
| Januar | Januarius | January |
| Februar (Horning/Hornung) | Februarius | February |
| März | Martius | March |
| April | Aprilis | April |
| Mai | Maius | May |
| Juni | Junius | June |
| Juli | Julius | July |
| August | Augustus | August |
| September (7ber) | September (7th month in old Roman Calendar) | September |
| Oktober (8ber) | October (8th month in old Roman Calendar) | October |
| November (9ber) | November (9th month in old Roman Calendar) | November |
| Dezember (10ber/Xber) | December (10th month in old Roman Calendar) | December |
Time & Date Vocabulary
| German | Latin | English |
| Sekunde | secundus | second |
| Minute | minutus | minute |
| Stunde | hora | hour |
| Tag | dies | day |
| Woche | septimus | week |
| Monat | mensis (mense) | month |
| Jahr | annus/annor | year |
Time & Date Vocabulary (cont.)
| Alter | age |
| ander | next or following (i.e next day of June) |
| auch | also ("18 auch" = 18 also [of previous month]) |
| circa | approximately, about |
| circiter | approximately on, on about |
| die | (on the) day |
| die quo supra | on the day which is above/earlier |
| ditto | the same |
| eodem | on the same date |
| eodem quo supra | on the same date which is above/earlier |
| ersten | in the first (i.e. in the first day of April) |
| hora | hour, time, season |
| heri | yesterday |
| huig/hujus (huius) | of this (i.e. of this month) |
| letzten | in the last (i.e. in the last day of April) |
| mane | morning |
| meridies/meridiem | noon |
| post | after |
| Soma | abbreviation used for the month of June |
| vespera | evening |
| wieder/wider | again ("19 wider" = 19 again [of previous month]) |
Feast Days
On occasion, when sacraments (baptisms, marriages, etc.) were performed on "Feast Days," rather than a date expressed by day and month, you will find reference to that particular holy day. These are days that the Church has set aside as having special meaning and encompass several types of religious celebrations. Some feast days were set and others were moveable, the latter therefore requires reference to a more comprehensive feast day calendar which includes the year, as well as day and month. Physical proximity of the recorded entry can often provide the researcher with a narrow range of days within a given month that can be cross-referenced with the day in a genealogical feast day calendar or listing to identify a specific date. Genealogical dictionaries will often contain lists of fixed feast days, but comprehensive calendars can also be purchased with listings by year. A web link is provided below for additional information and as an example of a modern list of such days:
Roman Calendar of Feasts, Solemnities & Festivals
