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Form letter in German for requesting genealogical information from family members

Form Letters for German Genealogy

Fraktur Chart

Genealogical Translations (Facebook)

Genealogical Translations helps members with translation of their ancestors’ genealogical documents. We have volunteers who offer free translations of genealogical documents in languages that include: French, German, Italian, Latin, Polish, Russian, and many others.

Genealogy.com - German terms and relationships for form letters

GenWiki - Alte deutsche Handschriften / Old German Handwritten Scripts Updated

GenWiki - TransServ Updated

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 Dictionary

Free German-English dictionary.

German Genealogy Translations

German/English-English/German translation services focusing only on documents pertaining to German Genealogy.

German Genealogy Translations - Esther Bauer Ph.D

Deciphering and translation of all handwritten and typed old German records, including Jewish German records. Genealogy research and microfilm searches of German and Swiss church, Jewish, civil, and all other German genealogy or historical records.

German Names

Listen to how German first names are pronounced! You can listen to how the name might sound along with the countries that might also use that name.

German Script Experts

Ute Brandenburg helps you trace German immigrants to their home towns, German research in US and Germany, advanced research strategies with DNA.

German Study Group / German Words

Includes time keeping, occupations, illnesses, common genealogical words, and words used in official documents.

German Translation Service, translators of the Old German Scripts

German Translator

Translation of 19th- and 20th-century handwritten correspondence, diaries.

German-English Genealogical Dictionary (Amazon) Updated

A book by Ernest Thode.

German-English Illness Translations

German-English On-line Dictionary

Google Translate

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