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Many documents about Germans from Russia will be written in old gothic handwriting which is different from the Roman script familiar to most English-speaking genealogists, or in Russian Cyrillic which has an alphabet closer to Greek. | Many documents about Germans from Russia will be written in old gothic handwriting which is different from the Roman script familiar to most English-speaking genealogists, or in Russian Cyrillic which has an alphabet closer to Greek. | ||
= | =German Handwriting= | ||
For information about and examples of old German script and type see the "[[German Handwriting|Handwriting]]" section of the Germany portal. | For information about and examples of old German script and type see the "[[German Handwriting|Handwriting]]" section of the Germany portal. | ||
= | =Russian Handwriting= | ||
Russian Cyrillic '''block letters''' are shown in the "[[Germans from Russia Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]" section. | Russian Cyrillic '''block letters''' are shown in the "[[Germans from Russia Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]" section. | ||
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For examples of Cyrillic '''italic font''' [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Cyrillic-italics-nonitalics.png click here]. Dramatically different letters are highlighted in yellow. | For examples of Cyrillic '''italic font''' [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Cyrillic-italics-nonitalics.png click here]. Dramatically different letters are highlighted in yellow. | ||
For examples of Cyrillic '''cursive''' (handwritten script) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Russian_Cursive_Cyrillic.png click here]. | For examples of Cyrillic '''cursive''' (handwritten script) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Russian_Cursive_Cyrillic.png click here]. | ||
[[Category:Germans_from_Russia]] | [[Category:Germans_from_Russia]] | ||