8 August 2023
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10 German Words You Won't Find in a Dictionary - Germanology Unlocked
As genealogy deals with historical documents, researchers often run into German words that are no longer in bilingual dictionaries. In this article, Katherine Schober discusses 10 common words that are in many genealogical documents, but no longer in dictionaries.
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19 Most Common Abbreviations in German Genealogy
Frustrated with all those German abbreviations? 19 of the most common with their meanings explained.
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20 Tips for Deciphering Old German Handwriting
Offers tips for deciphering old German script.
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20 Tips for Deciphering Old German Handwriting - Germanology Unlocked
Offers tips for deciphering old German script.
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25 Milestone Words for Finding Your German Ancestor - Germanology Unlocked
The 25 most important words to help you find your German ancestor when researching their major life events.
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5 Secret Transcription Tips from a German Genealogy Translator - Germanology Unlocked
Need help transcribing your German documents? Check out how you can use your own computer to make your work faster and easier with these 5 tips.
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7 Tips for Reading German Marriage Certificates - Germanology Unlocked
Finally obtained a marriage certificate for your ancestor but can't read it? Here, German genealogy translator Katherine Schober offers seven tips to help you decipher the clue-laden documents.
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Before You Cross the Pond: Five Places to Find Your Ancestor in America - Germanology Unlocked
Five places to find your ancestor's records in America, including many links to genealogical record sites.
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Behind the Scenes of Genealogical Translation - Germanology Unlocked
What happens when you send your family document to be translated? What can you do to ensure the utmost accuracy possible? How is the cost calculated? Learn this and more from German Genealogy Translator Katherine Schober.
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Champollion 2.0 - The Scribe for Savvy Palaeographers
A software program that provides valuable help and comfort for all work on digitized ancient manuscripts. Its main purpose is to set the picture of an ancient manuscript next to its transcription, horizontally or vertically, depending on your needs.
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Five Transcription Tips For When You're Just Stuck - Germanology Unlocked
German transcription tips from professional genealogy translator Katherine Schober, SK Translations.
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German - English Translation Services - Germanology Unlocked
German-English translator specializing in genealogy. Experience with historical letters, certificates and other documents from the 18th to 20th centuries. Works with old German handwriting (Kurrent, Suetterlin) and Fraktur, as well as modern day documents.
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German/English-English/German translation services focusing only on documents pertaining to German Genealogy.
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Old German Script and Print Transcription and Translation Services by Wilma Hofmann.
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Johanna's 1921 Diary: Journey to America - Germanology Unlocked
Diary of a young girl emigrating from Germany to America during the week she is on the ship in 1921.
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Genealogy and family history of Thomas Marston of Middlesex County, Virginia, his ancestors and descendants including the Mastin Branch. Also an interest in the other Colonial Virginia Marstons as potential relatives.
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MARTELL, BOURQUE, McDONALD, BOUDROT/BOUDREAU, SAMSON, LANDRY, DeWOLFE/WOLF.
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MARTIN Family in Ontario Canada
Descendants of Thomas MARTIN and Emily Young who came from Coventry, England and settled in Wallaceburg Ontario, Canada.
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A collection of annotated 20th Century photographs of the Martinson family, believed to be from the Pernau region of Estonia, formerly in the USSR.
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WHELTON family from 1800, BROMAN and HORRIGAN family from 1850.
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On-line kurs i gotisk handskrift
This learning package is a collaboration between the Department of History at the University of Bergen and the State Archive in Bergen. Norwegian only, but easily followed to handwriting examples to help with decifering texts and manuscripts.This course is a self-help course. This means that we can not provide assistance or technical guidance in the interpretation of Gothic handwriting beyond what is possible in this learning package. If you want to know more about handwriting history and development in Norway, so please take a look at the National Archives exhibition (Scripture for 1000 years.).
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Online tuition in palaeography for historians, genealogists and other researchers who have problems reading manuscript historical records written in Scotland in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
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Six Need-to-Know 'Letter Swaps' When Deciphering Your German Documents - Germanology Unlocked
"Why do you write your letters like that?" is a phrase that most of us have heard at some point in our lives. Just as each of us write our ABCs slightly differently from one another, so too did our ancestors which can make transcribing their German handwriting rather difficult! Luckily, for those of us who work with the old German script on a daily basis, there is a great trick of the trade that helps with the daunting process of deciphering family documents: letter swaps. What is a letter swap, you ask? Well, some letters in the old German script look very similar to one another, and the way one person wrote one letter may be the way another person wrote its "swap" equivalent. So if a word isn't making sense with the letter you think, trying replacing it with one of its substitutes, and see if you now have a plausible German word. This article explains the typical swaps in the world of German handwriting.
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Ever tempted to use Google Translate for your German genealogy documents? Here are six reasons why it's smarter to avoid it.
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Ten *More* Tips for Deciphering Old German Handwriting - Germanology Unlocked
As a follow-up to Ten Tips for Deciphering Old German Handwriting, this post offers even more details and tips for assisting you in transcribing the elusive German handwriting of the past.
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Ten Tips for Deciphering Old German Handwriting - Germanology Unlocked
Katherine Schober, professional German genealogy translator, provides helpful tips for deciphering the old German script in your genealogy documents, complete with useful links and real-life examples.
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The Magic of German Church Books - Germanology Unlocked
Where you can find German church books and what genealogical information you can hope to discover.
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Think Like a German: Spelling Variations in Genealogy Documents - Germanology Unlocked
Was your German document written by a "creative" speller? Read here to find out what they meant.
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Three Reasons Why A Family Tree is Important for Your Children - Germanology Unlocked
Why you should make a family tree, plus links to many free printable family tree templates.
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A book for sale, by Katherine Schober, SK Translations. Have German genealogy documents but can't read them? You're not alone. Whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced genealogy enthusiast, these easy-to-use transcription and translation tips by professional German handwriting translator Katherine Schober will help you reach new levels in deciphering your ancestors' genealogy records. In this newly-revised, comprehensive collection of Katherine's most popular articles and blog posts, you will discover how to easily recognize a number of letters in the old German handwriting, become familiar with the abbreviations, occupations and outdated words that pepper German documents and learn how to use the very same resources as a professional genealogy translator when deciphering letters, diaries, church records, certificates and more. Complete with real-life handwriting samples, German word glossaries and additional lists of genealogy tools, this guide is a must-have for anyone working with the old German script.
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Common occupations (in German and English) in German genealogy.
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Names are so important in German genealogy - and the key to filling in your family tree. But what if you can't read them? In this brand-new article, see the 10 most common boys' and girls' names in German genealogy - along with their handwritten equivalents. And make sure to scroll to the bottom of the article for two more tips on German names in your ancestors' documents.
