Reading German Church Records
(Thanks to Hiltje Zwarberg for his help in compiling this list and aiding the transcriptions)
Handwriting Guide: German Gothic
https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Germany_Handwriting#Tutorials_and_Classes
Here you can learn Suetterlin - the "German handwriting"
http://www.suetterlinschrift.de/Englisch/Sutterlin.htm
German script tutorial
http://script.byu.edu/german/en/welcome.aspx
German Suetterlin
http://wjsn.home.xs4all.nl/duits.htm
German Training
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1wDhGC/script.byu.edu/
German Script Alphabet Chart
http://www.harlessgenealogy.com/images/german_script/information.htm
German- English dictionary
http://www.maxdict.com/dictionary/german-english/copulirt.html
Converting Roman to Arabic numerals
http://www.convertworld.com/en/numerals/Arabic+numerals.html
My Conversion table Roman to Arabic numerals
Roman numbers for years 2010 11 21.xls
How to read Latin - used when ministers wanted to hid records/Also inludes Roman numerals
https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Latin_Genealogical_Word_List
German Word List
https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/German_Word_List
How to use Goggle Transulate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2QoS9HsA10
Practice: Sign up for Family Search Indexing and choose a project (project tab)using Gothic German - use the auditing process as a teacher --
https://indexing.familysearch.org/newuser/nuhome.jsf?3.13.1
The field helps associated with the this project is very valuable for our task - https://indexing.familysearch.org/projtab/viewProject.jsf?url=GermanyPommernCBookDuplica15881895PartA/FieldHelp.html
definition of symbols: Taufe = baptism; christening; launching - Double
wave symbol
Hochzeit = wedding; marriage; nuptials; bridal; golden age
Beerdigung = funeral; burial; interment
Vorlagen sind lose Blätter = Templates are loose sheets
Schriftverlust durch Be schadigung = Scripture loss by Be - ending prejudice
Vor dieser Marke wurden die leeren Seiten nicht aufgenommen = Prior to
that mark were not taken up the blank pages
Borlage schwer leserlich, die Schrift verwaschen od. Verblobt Schreibunterlage
sehr dunket ad. aus farbigem Papier = Template difficult to read, the
writing faded or the prohibition blotter very dunket ad. of colored paper
Additions and corrections are always welcome. If you find a corrections or an addition to the descriptions you wish to add, please note the file name associated, revision level and the book name with the comment and e-mail to ropulse@aol.com. We will try to implement in the next edition of the document.