Elsie: Your right Thod's book, German English Genalogical dictionary is a great resource. Walk in peace, Linn On 03/27/12, [email protected] wrote: The other resouce I love, in addition to the German alphabet, is Ernest Thode's book, German English Genealogical Dictionary. Without it, I would not be able to figure out the occupations, calendars, diseases, holy days,etc. As long as you can read part of the word, you can usually find it in the dictionary. I bought a copy for our local FHC. No connection to Ernest, etc. Good luck everyone. The Germans were such excellent record keepers you can't afford to miss out. Give me a shout if you need help. Elsie -----Original Message----- From: [1][email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 1:05 PM To: [2][email protected] Subject: [BW] reading the old German script Elsie, thanks so very much. This is very helpful. I have the book If I can read German you can (brief) it is great. Thanks again for shaing. Walk in peace, Linn ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BADEN[3][email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BADEN[4][email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. mailto:[email protected] 3. mailto:[email protected] 4. mailto:[email protected]