This booklet is a primer, a "beginner book," designed for researchers who have no knowledge of the German language but who would like to extract for themselves the information given in church records written in German, in this country or in Europe. It is not intended to be a course in the German language: only the essential vocabulary and minimal grammar are given. This booklet is a place to start: just about everything needed by a beginner in in these pages.
127pages, including index. Free shipping media mail. The American Family Albums tell the multicolored and often heroic stories of American immigrant groups, largely through their own words and pictures. View More...
A manual with tips on how to read and decipher Germanic script. Contents: Foreword; Alphabets - German, - Danish; Use of Umlauts in Surnames; General Information; Relationships; Terminology and Symbols - German; Common Abbreviations - German; Church Year and Feasts - German; Months of the Year and Days of the Week; Germanic Latin and Danish Terminology; Glossary of Illnesses - German, Latin and Danish; Glossary of Occupations - German, Latin and Danish; What Was Going on in the World and Community of Your Ancestor When?; Alphabet Song; Finale.
Schuricht examines the early German settlements on the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers, their general disbursement throughout Virginia from staging areas in Spotsylvania, Stafford, King George, and Westmoreland counties, and the eventual concentration of German settlements in the Shenandoah Valley. Two Volumes in One Book. 257 Pages. @ View More...
191pages, including index. How to find and record hour unique heritage. Brief history of Germany and German Emigration. How to read Germanic records. Two case studies to help you pattern your search. View More...
