> I have tried that, with a little success, but painfull success. The writing > is what I would call "extreme" gothic, and I have problems even recognizing > some alphabetic letters. I believe that you not actually have seen any real Gothic handwriting *grin* > The certificates are in original handwriting on printed forms. I have found > the word lieben, which appears to be baptizing. So that's a start. lieben = verb: to love, adjective: dear > There an many words that the Altavist translator can't recognize, such as > Moge (with two dots over the O), and Mege mögen = to like möge is conditional form (may he/she/it like...) Send those scans to me and I will look and see what I cant decipher from them.