tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078973036927209827.post5420725974655662159..comments2024-03-23T19:51:52.473-04:00Comments on Fortify Your Family Tree: Don't Let Latin Church Records Scare YouDiAnn Iamarino Ohamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415937464194290775noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078973036927209827.post-29874119864020976742021-02-26T08:57:18.830-05:002021-02-26T08:57:18.830-05:00If you think Kurrentschrift in German is tough, tr...If you think Kurrentschrift in German is tough, try reading German records handwritten in the Fracktur alphabet -- 100x worse!!KAYTHEGARDENERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602239552039855715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078973036927209827.post-68895606068054394082020-11-24T13:09:47.294-05:002020-11-24T13:09:47.294-05:00I Googled Kurrentshrift, and I swear it looks like...I Googled Kurrentshrift, and I swear it looks like my grade school penmanship books from the 1960s.DiAnn Iamarino Ohamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415937464194290775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078973036927209827.post-80088662564920276542020-11-24T12:42:54.986-05:002020-11-24T12:42:54.986-05:00Since I search in Alsace and Luxembourg a lot, I a...Since I search in Alsace and Luxembourg a lot, I am ALWAYS very thankful when I find records in Latin (and French!). The Priests used a handwriting I can read and my knowledge of French helps a lot. I start having problems when the records are kept in German written in Kurrentshrift. Even though I read German, I cannot decipher that handwriting and I am frustrated to no end. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14622957456021938836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078973036927209827.post-49016661920304270012020-11-24T11:43:14.946-05:002020-11-24T11:43:14.946-05:00I really wonder why some of the indexes are by fir...I really wonder why some of the indexes are by first name. They had no idea how much they'd be messing with future genealogists. The abbreviations are laughable sometimes. Like, how hard is "Maria" that you have to write it as Ma? What's worse is that they'll use a hyphen anywhere in a word and write the remaining 2 letters on the next line. Really? You couldn't fit that on one line?DiAnn Iamarino Ohamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415937464194290775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078973036927209827.post-21255886500892881632020-11-24T11:39:44.027-05:002020-11-24T11:39:44.027-05:00Yeah, it would be a whole new ballgame to have to ...Yeah, it would be a whole new ballgame to have to read Cyrillic or Japanese.DiAnn Iamarino Ohamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415937464194290775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078973036927209827.post-62231224163489150032020-11-24T11:16:25.555-05:002020-11-24T11:16:25.555-05:00Thank-you so much. The Latin records can be intimi...Thank-you so much. The Latin records can be intimidating but this is very helpful. I am getting better at picking out the key words but the abbreviations are mind boggling. I had some Latin Church records fully translated by an Italian Genealogist and I was surprised by the meaning of some of the "shorthand". Also, in the town where I have Church records the index is by first name followed by the last name so you need to look at every letter! Add to that it is a really large town and there are many years grouped into the same index.<br /> Rohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05441657682050354436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078973036927209827.post-29513465547795663392020-11-24T10:38:29.242-05:002020-11-24T10:38:29.242-05:00I love those word lists from FamilySearch. Great t...I love those word lists from FamilySearch. Great tutorial :) Even more challenging for me than the Latin records I encounter are the ones in Cyrillic.Tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15636189059910920978noreply@blogger.com