The status animarum, was a sort of Catholic census record of each parish. It was maintained by the priest. These listings were less commonly compiled than the more familiar baptismal, marriage, and burial registers, but many seventeenth and eighteenth century parish listings have survived from Catholic Europe. This one lists Johann Hermann Kohues, a Schneider, (German for "tailor"), had left the country without permission as was required at the time. It also gives his parents name along with date of birth and says he emigrated, (ausgewandert), to North America.