Please post the translaors and fees. Helene John & Sara Jadik wrote: > > >From the Alsace-Lorraine rootsweb e-mail group (or whatever we call > ourselves) I was given lots of old german translation and general Alsace > research information and thought I'd pass it along in case it's helpful to > anyone else. I have not yet tried any of these places but plan to and will > let you know if they are worth a try once I find the time - if anyone else > has used or tries them else, please let me know how they are. Joan - can > you give this to the guy at Geyer please. Thanks, Sara > > This one I already posted - old german style letters, I used it last night > and it was incredibly helpful, he wrote just the way my gggrandfather did. > It's at http://www.genealogy.com/gene/gifs/script1.gif > > If I Can...You Can Read Old German - a book that's apparently at all the LDS > FHCs. > > The Alsace Emigration Book by Corneilia Schrader-Muggenthaler, published by > Closson Press at rclosson@nb.net. It is at 125 libraries around the country > from what I understand. > > The German Genealogy Society, P.O. Box 6600661, Sacramento, CA 95866 has a > sample list of old german writing. It's apparently $3 and you have to send a > SASE. > > "How Old Germans Wrote" by Bert Knupp is 200 frequently used words written > several different ways. Bert can be reached at bert.knupp@nashville.com. > He's very informative and doesn't charge for this info but would accept > donations. I believe he is also a professional translator. > > I was also given the names/e-mails of several people that you can hire to do > translations. If you want those, e-mail me and I'll get them for you. > > Hope this helps some one. > > Sara