Dear colleagues,
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to our understanding of this document. We have an offer to transcribe/translate it from someone called Juliane (thank you so much). Meanwhile, here is what we know so far:
It is German, written in an old script, called Suetterlin. The signatory is the Magistrate Roennberg, and he is in Crivitz, south-east of Lubeck. Christopher from East Sussex RO has identified the seal as being that of the town. Samira from the National Portrait Gallery tells me the document is a replacement birth certificate in the absence of the original, generated for the municipal records. Neil, who will be working for us on the MDR, has found an online biography of the subject on the certificate:
http://en.messianicjudaismwiki.com/wiki/Jonas_Theodor_Meyer
My Derbyshire colleague Helen has managed to find details of Meyer on census records, as well as his marriage and death (in Jersey). But, as yet, no reason for any connection to Buxton.
Again, thank you so much for all your help.
Yours,
Mark
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