Germany Languages: Difference between revisions

*FamilySearch Wiki has genealogical '''word lists''' for:  

**[[German Word List]]

**[[Danish Word List]]  

**[[French Wordlist|French Word List]]  

**[[Poland Genealogical Word List|Polish Genealogical Word List]]  

**[[Portuguese Genealogical Word List]]

*The German Word List includes symbols commonly used in German genealogical sources. For more information about '''reading German writing''', see [[Germany Handwriting]].  

*These links to lessons and websites will assist in learning to read the records of Germany:

**[https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/38 Reading German Handwritten Records Lesson 1: Kurrent Letters]

**[https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/39 Reading German Handwritten Records Lesson 2: Making Words in Kurrent]

**[https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/40 Reading German Handwritten Records Lesson 3: Reading Kurrent Documents]

**[https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/375 Old German Script Part 1],  [https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/377 Part 2], [https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/426  Part 3 (German Church and Civil Records)]

**[https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/12 German Church and Civil Records]

**[https://script.byu.edu/Pages/German/en/intro.aspx German Script Tutorial]

*The following '''books and English-German dictionaries''' can help in your research. You can find these and similar materials at many research libraries.  

**Thode, Ernest. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=47299&disp=German%2DEnglish+genealogical+dictionary%20%20&columns=*,0,0 German-English Genealogical Dictionary].'' Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1992. (FHL book 433.21 T352g 1992.)  

**''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=259067&disp=Langenscheidt%27s+German%2DEnglish%2C+En%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Langenscheidts German-English, English-German Dictionary = Langenscheidts Deutsch-Englisches, Englisch-Deutches Wörterbuch]''. New York, NY, USA: Pocket Books, 1952, 1993. (FHL book 433.21 L262g.)  

**Grimm's Dictionary online can be found at this link [http://germazope.uni-trier.de/Projects/WBB/woerterbuecher/dwb/wbgui?lemid=GA00001 Dictionary of German historical words].