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Ann Sherwin, German-English Translation (Facebook)

Specializations: German genealogy, Fraktur and German script, legal documents.

Bing Translator

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Deciphering Gothic Records

Pamphlet for sale.

FamilySearch Wiki - German Word List

FamilySearch Wiki - Handwriting Guide: German Gothic ^FREE

Form Letters for German Genealogy

GenWiki - Alte deutsche Handschriften / Old German Handwritten Scripts

GenWiki - TransServ

Volunteer translators can provide you with translations between Czech, English, Dutch, French, German, & Polish. This service is provided via e-mail. Exact request syntax and length rules must be followed in order to expedite processing.

GEOGEN

This site provides maps showing the frequency of family names in areas of Germany and Austria based on the modern population.

German Genealogy: Translation Service

German Illness Translations

German Study Group / German Words

German-English Genealogical Dictionary (Amazon)

A book by Ernest Thode.

German-English Letter Translation Specialists

German-English On-line Dictionary

Here you can learn Suetterlin - the German handwriting

Excellent online tutorial on the German script and handwriting including an alphabet and scanned examples of documents.

If I Can You Can Decipher Germanic Records

A book by Edna Bentz.

The Old German Handwriting

Walden Font Co. - Purveyors of old and historic fonts and clip-art

Several different fonts for sale, including: 18 historic German Fraktur fonts, including Gutenberg's original bible font; a high-quality Old German Script font. Includes ligatures and special characters. Ideal for learning German Script; 9 handwriting fonts from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and beyond; 18 original Revolutionary War era fonts plus 300+ clip-art images; a historic 18th century font that includes the long "s" and other special characters.