Thanks Michelle, That chart will definately come in handy. Regards, Brian Eberling < Hi, Brian, < < This chart: < < http://immigrants.byu.edu/english/volunteer/german_alphabet_image.html < < was a big help to me in doing the same as you are attempting to do. It < helped me with the old typefont so I could recognize the letters and < then transcribe text into online translation engines. I use two online < translators and an in-hand German-English dictionary to arrive at < meaning; clunky, but it more or less works: < < http://www.systransoft.com/index.html < < http://www.freetranslation.com/ < < Don't despair; the more you do it, the easier it gets. < < Michelle Stone < < "German Immigrant Ancestors in Syracuse & Onondaga Co., NY" < http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mstone/ < < Researching Demare/Demaree of Oberhauserhof near Burgschwalbach, Nassau < < < < Brian Eberling wrote: < < > Hello All, < > < > I've got some clipping that are supposed to be from the Dillenburg < Weekly Paper from a book by Ursula Hatzfeld entitled Von Dillenburg nach < Texas; Die Auswanderung im Amt Dillenburg von 1845 bis 1846. I've tried < running these through BabelFish, but think my lack of success my be due < to the typeface that the newspaper used. Can anyone take a look at these < for me or point me in a direction for translating them? < > < > They can be viewed at... < > http://www.brianeberling.com/KarlEberling_DillenburgPape.gif < > < > < > Thanks in advance, < > Brian Eberling < > Crystal, MN, USA < > Researching the Eberling family from Dillenburg, Hesse-Kassel < > < > < > < > < > < > ==== HESSE Mailing List ==== < > Going on Vacation? Longer than 4 days? Go to < > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/HESSE.html < > to unsubscribe < > < > < < < ==== HESSE Mailing List ==== < Going on Vacation? Longer than 4 days? Go to < http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/HESSE.html < to unsubscribe