tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post1213423565779558435..comments2024-03-05T11:10:29.953-05:00Comments on My Ancestors and Me: Helps for Translating the Old German TypefaceNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-45517730713408795152023-05-03T14:09:11.129-04:002023-05-03T14:09:11.129-04:00You're welcome, and good luck!You're welcome, and good luck!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-63734405288300791102023-05-03T14:02:24.280-04:002023-05-03T14:02:24.280-04:00Jelena, I'm so glad the resources here are hel...Jelena, I'm so glad the resources here are helpful to you German, especially old German, is a challenging language! Thanks so much for leaving a comment. I appreciate it. <br />I just published another post that might be helpful with a link to a German handwriting (and font) generator. You can read that here: https://nancysfamilyhistoryblog.blogspot.com/2018/03/german-handwriting-generator.html.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-71924999853771434072023-05-02T18:08:12.542-04:002023-05-02T18:08:12.542-04:00Came across this post (and website, in general) no...Came across this post (and website, in general) now, almost 12 full years after this was first published and whether Nancy sees this comment or not, I have to express my greatest gratitude for these resources. They've helped me tremendously! Like a lot of other people, I too am in a situation where a lot of material I intend to study comes from the newspaper and official published scripts/documents and, regardless of my German fluency level, it has always been practically impossible to decode more than 1/3 of the text. I have these materials displayed whenever I'm reading something in this Old German Typeface, but I'm finally getting better at it, in a sense that I'm able to read more sentences without any help, too. But it would never happen without learning from this post, so once again, I'm very, very thankful and glad that these things remain as useful as ever when they are left online.Jelenanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-9893599096706603092016-01-01T00:37:27.676-05:002016-01-01T00:37:27.676-05:00Many thanks for all your excellent advice. I am tr...Many thanks for all your excellent advice. I am trying to confirm the birthplace and date for my great-grandfather Carl Julius Mirisch. He may have been born in Leisnig, Saxony on the 5th of July 1840 or perhaps 1829. Robert Mierischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284240163421698338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-29536605095022559892015-08-06T20:00:29.473-04:002015-08-06T20:00:29.473-04:00I really appreciate this wonderful post. I have be...I really appreciate this wonderful post. I have been trying to translate both documents and newspapers, so these guides will be most helpful in the future.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-62441846535674458632015-06-11T19:04:15.676-04:002015-06-11T19:04:15.676-04:00Thank you so much for all your very helpful inform...Thank you so much for all your very helpful information--Great website!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-61817728741682614362015-04-24T07:31:07.808-04:002015-04-24T07:31:07.808-04:00Useful information like this one must be kept and ...Useful information like this one must be kept and maintained so I will put this one on my bookmark list! Thanks for this wonderful post and hoping to post more of this!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.translate-english-french.com/index.php?page=pricing" rel="nofollow">translators from english to french</a> & <a href="http://www.translate-english-french.com/index.php?page=translation_memory" rel="nofollow">Quebec French Translation</a>Kevin Hakneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768575666576684649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-36732905576583812402013-08-03T16:19:42.479-04:002013-08-03T16:19:42.479-04:00Thanks for your kind comment, boofsmom. This is m...Thanks for your kind comment, boofsmom. This is my most popular post but few people leave comments, so I wonder if it's helpful to them or not. I'm glad it helped you. I hope you'll be able to find more information about your g-g-grandfather and his time in Germany!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-65658342728480864242013-08-03T00:26:17.633-04:002013-08-03T00:26:17.633-04:00I know you posted this a long time ago, but thank ...I know you posted this a long time ago, but thank you! It really helped me. I found a membership card of some type from 1909-1910 (it was good for one year), and it was easy to translate the common words - even secretary - but I still can't get the name of the organization, even after deciphering the letters. Said secretary, however, had very nice handwriting, and I was able to read that information very easily. If only I knew what my great-great grandfather was doing those years in Germany!boofsmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08549428361969902031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-68443155482347285862012-05-10T09:30:41.157-04:002012-05-10T09:30:41.157-04:00Difference in the edition of journals from one yea...Difference in the edition of journals from one year to other year.english german translatorhttp://speechtrans.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-68542866659898500102012-04-21T22:50:16.070-04:002012-04-21T22:50:16.070-04:00Thank you, Schools in Geelong. Best wishes with y...Thank you, Schools in Geelong. Best wishes with your translations!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-30389923163574588772012-04-21T06:45:17.071-04:002012-04-21T06:45:17.071-04:00This is really very helpful post…and is very well ...This is really very helpful post…and is very well written…this is what i was searching for..thanks a lot.Schools in Geelonghttp://www.christiancollege.vic.edu.au/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-29950420662701308082012-02-22T01:46:15.591-05:002012-02-22T01:46:15.591-05:00This post published quite interesting & inform...This post published quite interesting & informative so that adds new value to me and your post very help me lot Thanksgerman translation servicehttp://www.dammann.com.au/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-64816244055321354072011-10-22T22:43:36.478-04:002011-10-22T22:43:36.478-04:00Linda, be sure to look at this link (http://nancys...Linda, be sure to look at this link (http://nancysfamilyhistoryblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/helps-for-translating-that-old-german.html) if you're trying to translate old German handwriting. I think script and types can both be challenging. All the best to you in your efforts.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-71067919991153703382011-10-22T22:34:26.347-04:002011-10-22T22:34:26.347-04:00What a super helpful post! I've been working w...What a super helpful post! I've been working with old German writing for over a year now and it's very frustrating -- even with the guides because each individual, like in modern day writing, has his/her own style. Of course, no one writes in the present generation will ever write in longhand again!<br /><br />Thanks for the post. I found this post recommended on Cheryl Cayemberg's site.linda Gartzhttp://www.familyarchaeologist.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-90166923089042089572011-10-19T11:12:32.915-04:002011-10-19T11:12:32.915-04:00Always good to know! Thanks for sharing, Nancy. ...Always good to know! Thanks for sharing, Nancy. VERY useful!Cherie Cayemberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00748187506552981093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-488688227873021492011-10-18T21:18:24.001-04:002011-10-18T21:18:24.001-04:00Christine, I'm impressed if you can easily rea...Christine, I'm impressed if you can easily read the print. It looks like a foreign language to me, especially pre-1890s. You're good! For some reason, it seems like the handwritten records are easier for me to read. But then maybe it was because they were birth/baptism records for children of the same parents so there was some repetition. I'm not eager to tackle the newspapers!<br /><br />Claudia, I noticed today when I looked at a few more German newspaper images on google that they were chopped and parts of pages were overlaid over other pages. It was very strange -- and impossible to find any continuity. I wonder if it happens occasionally or if they are always like that. Unfortunately, I didn't save the link to the pages that were overlapped.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-48437026814371360532011-10-18T15:02:44.814-04:002011-10-18T15:02:44.814-04:00I have taken a class on the old German styles of w...I have taken a class on the old German styles of writing but when it comes to the handwritten words it is difficult.<br /><br />I used the Google link for some of the German Pittsburgh newspapers and the copies were chopped up with pages over pages.<br /><br />I can't figure out why because the thumbnail on the right side did not have the same picture.Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714440790407126206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-32300171052555888992011-10-18T11:24:16.268-04:002011-10-18T11:24:16.268-04:00Thanks,
I do fine with the type, but I have great ...Thanks,<br />I do fine with the type, but I have great difficulty with the script, even using a guide. Once those letters are all hooked together it can be hard to tell where one starts and the other ends.Christine H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.com