Daily AncestorBrachmonat
Brachmonat (also Brachet) is an old German name for June, found in older records in place of Juni.
Brachmonat is one of the old German month names that ran alongside the Latin-based ones. Duden marks both Brachmonat and the short form Brachet as outdated words for June, the sixth month.
When you meet a month name you do not know in an old record, check it against a list of old German month names before guessing. A date such as den 12. Brachmonat 1758 is June 12, 1758.
As seen in a recordMarriage register of a German parish, 1750s
Copulirt den 12. Brachmonat 1758
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