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''[[Germans from Russia|Germans from Russia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Handwriting'''<br> | |||
Many documents about Germans from Russia will be written in old | 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 "[[Germany Handwriting|Handwriting]]" page of the Germany Wiki article. | For information about and examples of old German script and type see the "[[Germany Handwriting|Handwriting]]" page of the Germany Wiki article. | ||
= Russian Handwriting = | |||
Russian Cyrillic '''block letters''' are shown in the "[[Germans from Russia Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]" page. | Russian Cyrillic '''block letters''' are shown in the "[[Germans from Russia Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]" page. | ||
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[[Category:Germans_from_Russia]] [[Category:Handwriting]] | [[Category:Germans_from_Russia|Handwriting]] [[Category:Handwriting]] | ||
Revision as of 13:49, 16 October 2011
Germans from Russia 
Handwriting
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[edit | edit source]
For information about and examples of old German script and type see the "Handwriting" page of the Germany Wiki article.
Russian Handwriting[edit | edit source]
Russian Cyrillic block letters are shown in the "Language and Languages" page.
For examples of Cyrillic italic font click here. Dramatically different letters are highlighted in yellow.
For examples of Cyrillic cursive (handwritten script) click here.