I have two letters that were written in Hungary before WWI and sent to my Grandfather in Chicago. I thought they were written in Hungarian. One of the letters turned out to be two letters (on the same piece of paper) written by two different people in two different languages. One was in Hungarian but the other is in Old German of some dialect. The other letter is also in German. Anyone willing to translate the German or at least identify what dialect they are written in? Thanks, Maria

Hi Maria, I might be able to help with the German. I'm curious how it's written because I have a letter written by my great grandfather in 1954 that's in a German dialect that I would describe as quaint. He was born in Balinka. Dan Larson Sent from my Droid Maxx -----Original Message----- From: Maria Moore <Maria.Moore@sas.com> To: "BANAT@rootsweb.com" <BANAT@rootsweb.com>, "donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.net" <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.net> Sent: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:17 AM Subject: [DVHH] Translation Needed - Old German I have two letters that were written in Hungary before WWI and sent to my Grandfather in Chicago. I thought they were written in Hungarian. One of the letters turned out to be two letters (on the same piece of paper) written by two different people in two different languages. One was in Hungarian but the other is in Old German of some dialect. The other letter is also in German. Anyone willing to translate the German or at least identify what dialect they are written in? Thanks, Maria ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Maria, I have a friend who might help with the old German script. The one you described as quaint could be written in DS dialect by someone who did not learn German in school. My parents wrote letters like that. Send me copies of all of them and I'll see what I can do. Anne D. -----Original Message----- From: schwob@earthlink.net Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 11:52 AM To: donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.net ; Maria Moore Subject: Re: [DVHH] Translation Needed - Old German Hi Maria, I might be able to help with the German. I'm curious how it's written because I have a letter written by my great grandfather in 1954 that's in a German dialect that I would describe as quaint. He was born in Balinka. Dan Larson Sent from my Droid Maxx -----Original Message----- From: Maria Moore <Maria.Moore@sas.com> To: "BANAT@rootsweb.com" <BANAT@rootsweb.com>, "donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.net" <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.net> Sent: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:17 AM Subject: [DVHH] Translation Needed - Old German I have two letters that were written in Hungary before WWI and sent to my Grandfather in Chicago. I thought they were written in Hungarian. One of the letters turned out to be two letters (on the same piece of paper) written by two different people in two different languages. One was in Hungarian but the other is in Old German of some dialect. The other letter is also in German. Anyone willing to translate the German or at least identify what dialect they are written in? Thanks, Maria ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com 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 DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks to everyone who volunteered to translate my letters. Reading the handwriting and deciphering the dialect was challenging. The most complete Hungarian translation came from Peter Valy and the German translation was done by Rose Vetter. Several other people also sent me translations that were not as complete but very much appreciated. The letters were priceless. I got emotional just reading them. Rose asked if I would be willing to share them with the group by publishing them to the DVHH website. I have agreed to that and as soon as they are available, we’ll let you know. Maria -----Original Message----- From: Maria Moore <Maria.Moore@sas.com<mailto:Maria.Moore@sas.com>> To: "BANAT@rootsweb.com<mailto:BANAT@rootsweb.com>" <BANAT@rootsweb.com<mailto:BANAT@rootsweb.com>>, "donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.net<mailto:donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.net>" <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.net<mailto:donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.net>> Sent: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:17 AM Subject: [DVHH] Translation Needed - Old German I have two letters that were written in Hungary before WWI and sent to my Grandfather in Chicago. I thought they were written in Hungarian. One of the letters turned out to be two letters (on the same piece of paper) written by two different people in two different languages. One was in Hungarian but the other is in Old German of some dialect. The other letter is also in German. Anyone willing to translate the German or at least identify what dialect they are written in? Thanks, Maria ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message