This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/7aB.2ACEAE/678 Message Board Post: I have an unusal problem. I'm tracing my family roots and I have recieved some papers from relatives(on my mother's side) that are written in German. They are apparently papers to do with my greatgrandfather and so on. My problem is two-fold. First I can't read German and secondly(and more trickily) they're written in what they call "old German". I was wondering if there would be anyone willing to translate them for me as I've had them for a time. My relations in Germany aren't interested at all in Geneology and so I've hit a dead end. I can scan the papers and send them if that is a help. Thankyou very much Debbie Pratt

Hi Debbie, Is there a German Community where you live? There may be members of a Church, Seniors home etc - who may be able to help. University Language : may also teach old German - and may be happy to translate -. There is a Mail List - *<snip>Topic: genealogical or historical interest in deciphering and interpreting written documents in German from earliest to most recent 20th Century times, and discussing old German words, phrases, names, abbreviations and antique jargon.<snip> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Translations_and_Word_Origins/OLD-GERM AN.html http://home.t-online.de/home/hans-peter.voss/04eng.htm http://www.genealogienetz.de/misc/scripts.html Cheers, Stella At 06:38 PM 3/17/03 -0700, debbiep@nbnet.nb.ca wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/7aB.2ACEAE/678 > >Message Board Post: > >I have an unusal problem. I'm tracing my family roots and I have >recieved some papers from relatives(on my mother's side) that are written >in German. They are apparently papers to do with my greatgrandfather and >so on. My problem is two-fold. First I can't read German and secondly(and >more trickily) they're written in what they call "old German". I was >wondering if there would be anyone willing to translate them for me as >I've had them for a time. My relations in Germany aren't interested at all >in Geneology and so I've hit a dead end. I can scan the papers and send >them if that is a help. Thankyou very much Debbie Pratt > > >==== CANADA-GENWEB Mailing List ==== >Join the HOFFMAN surname Mailing List! >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/h/hoffman.html