2,240
edits
link to FamilySearch tutorials added
(add category) |
Carolbmoss (talk | contribs) (link to FamilySearch tutorials added) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
== Gothic Handwriting == | == Gothic Handwriting == | ||
''See the tutorials in the FamilySearch Learning Center on [https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/results.html?q=*&fq=place%3A%22Scandinavia%22 "Reading Scandinavian Gothic Handwritten Records".]'' | |||
Gothic handwriting was not called such until the last half of the 1800’s. Earlier it was customary to call it Danish or Norwegian script. But when the modern handwriting, Latin script, became the national script then the old script had to be called something else. | Gothic handwriting was not called such until the last half of the 1800’s. Earlier it was customary to call it Danish or Norwegian script. But when the modern handwriting, Latin script, became the national script then the old script had to be called something else. | ||
| Line 9: | Line 11: | ||
Common words found in Scandinavian marriage records: | Common words found in Scandinavian marriage records: | ||
[[Image:Scandinavian Words in Marriage records.jpg|thumb|left]] | [[Image:Scandinavian Words in Marriage records.jpg|thumb|left]] | ||
== == | == == | ||