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| '''Text for: '''''How to decipher the letters ''
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| | ==Online Resources== |
| | *[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/338769-danish-norwegian-paleography?offset= Danish-Norwegian Paleography] by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| | *[https://en.rigsarkivet.dk/explore/gothic-script-an-introduction/ Gothic Script – an introduction] Rigsarkivet |
| | *[https://www.gotisk.dk/index.php Gotisk.dk] Danske Slægtsforskere Odense (''The Society of Danish Genealogists in Odense'') - Gothic script |
| | *[[Denmark Parish Register Headings]] |
| | *[[Nordic Handwriting]] |
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| | ==Online Classes== |
| | The FamilySearch offers free online lessons about reading old Danish handwriting: |
| | *[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/scandinavian-handwriting Scandinavian Handwriting, Part 1] - Old Scandinavian Script |
| | *[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/scandinavian-handwriting-part-3 Scandinavian Handwriting, Part 3] - ''no part 2 available'' |
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| '''How to decipher the letters '''
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| As a child, you may have learned to write letters and numbers like these 20<sup>th</sup> century letter forms.
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| Some Danish letters look deceptively like handwriting used today. For example, a letter that you may think looks like a 20<sup>th</sup> century “B” , may actually be an old handwritten Danish “G” or
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| a “V” . It can be easy to misread old handwriting. However, if you follow the steps below, and practice, you can learn to develop the ability to read old handwritten records.
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| [[Image:]] = B
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| [[Image:]]<nowiki>= G</nowiki> | |
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| [[Image:]]<nowiki>= V</nowiki>
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| ''Follow the five steps below, to analyze and decipher a scribe’s handwriting.''
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| '''1: ''Look for anything familiar to you in a record.''' ''
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| '''a.''' Look for any ''numbers, letters, and/or words'' that you are reasonably confident in identifying.
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| For example, look in the record below for any familiar letters, words or numbers.
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| ''Danish Christening Entry 1787 ''
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| Did you see any of the following?
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| * On line 1: The second word appears to consist of fairly distinct
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| letters (Visitationis).
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| The third word also appears to contain fairly distinct letters (Maria).
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| The fifth figure appears to be a number (2), followed by the word (July).
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| * On line 2, the third word , appears to begin with the capital letter “D.”
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| * On line 3, in the fifth word , some letters appear to be similar to the word
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| on line 1.
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| * On line 5, the first word appears to be similar to on line 2.
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| '''b.''' If you cannot read a word, '''go to step ''“2. Decipher unknown letters''.”'''
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| If you think that you can read a word, '''go to step “''5. Compare complete/incomplete words with words in '''''
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| '''''the Word Lists.''”'''
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| '''''As needed, '''study the sample church and census records in the back of this guide. ''
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