Here are the symbols used on this website and their interpretation. Most of them are standard genealogical or web symbols.
| Symbol | English | Deutsch |
|---|
| * | Birth | Geburt |
| ~ | Baptism | Taufe |
| Y | Confirmation | Konfirmation/Firmung |
| ✏︎ | Education | Ausbildung |
| ⚭ | Wedding | Heirat |
| ⌂ | Residence | Wohnort |
| ⚓︎ | Im-/Emigration | Ein-/Auswanderung |
| ⚑ | Military service | Militärdienst |
| ☆ | Military internment | Kriegsgefangenschaft |
| ▥ | Imprisonment | Inhaftierung |
| ⌚︎ | Retirement | Pensionierung |
| ✝︎ | Death | Tod |
| ⚰︎ | Burial | Begräbnis |
| ⚱︎︎ | Cremation | Feuerbestattung |
| c | circa | circa |
| < | before | vor |
| > | after | nach |
| ♂ | male | männlich |
| ♀ | female | weiblich |
| proband | Proband |
| father | Vater |
| mother | Mutter |
| stepfather | Stiefvater |
| stepmother | Stiefmutter |
| ⊙ | same place | ebenda |
 | this website | diese Website |
| = | me, same as | ich, gleich |
| ↗︎ | external link | externer Link |
| ↗︎$ ↗︎€ | paid link | kostenpflichtiger Link |
| 📧︎ | email link | Email-Link |
| 🗺 | map link | Landkarte-Link |