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Danish-Norwegian Paleography by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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The FamilySearch offers free online lessons about reading old Danish handwriting:

Scandinavian Handwriting, Part 1 - Old Scandinavian Script
Scandinavian Handwriting, Part 3 - no part 2 available

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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''
-'''How to decipher the letters '''
+[[Category:Denmark Language and Handwriting]] [[Category:Language and Handwriting]] [[Category:Handwriting]]
-As a child, you may have learned to write letters and numbers like these 20<sup>th</sup> century letter forms.
-[[Image:]]
-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
-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.
-[[Image:]] = B
-[[Image:]]<nowiki>= G</nowiki>
-[[Image:]]<nowiki>= V</nowiki>
-''Follow the five steps below, to analyze and decipher a scribe’s handwriting.''
-'''1: ''Look for anything familiar to you in a record.''' ''
-'''a.''' Look for any ''numbers, letters, and/or words'' that you are reasonably confident in identifying.
-For example, look in the record below for any familiar letters, words or numbers.
-Line 1
-Line 2
-Line 3
-Line 4
-Line 5
-Line 6
-[[Image:]]
-''Danish Christening Entry 1787 ''
-Did you see any of the following?
-* On line 1: The second word appears to consist of fairly distinct
-letters (Visitationis).
-[[Image:]]
-The third word also appears to contain fairly distinct letters (Maria).
-[[Image:]]
-The fifth figure appears to be a number (2), followed by the word (July).
-[[Image:]] [[Image:]]
-* On line 2, the third word , appears to begin with the capital letter “D.”
-[[Image:]]
-* On line 3, in the fifth word , some letters appear to be similar to the word
-on line 1.
-[[Image:]] [[Image:]]
-* On line 5, the first word appears to be similar to on line 2.
-[[Image:]] [[Image:]]
-'''b.''' If you cannot read a word, '''go to step ''“2. Decipher unknown letters''.”'''
-If you think that you can read a word, '''go to step “''5. Compare complete/incomplete words with words in '''''
-'''''the Word Lists.''”'''
-'''''As needed, '''study the sample church and census records in the back of this guide. ''