A really useful reference for old handwriting (especially 1800s, which seems much harder to read than that of the 1600-1700s, to me, at least) is Edna Bentz's If I Can, You Can Decipher Germanic Records. It might be currently out of print, but it comes up on amazon.com (see the used and new options). It shows not only the old writing style, but has lists of words (dates, times, occupations, genealogical words) written in the script. Very helpful. Rose Green researching HARTWIG, BRUENJES, VON HITZACKER > > This is off list, but maybe someone can help me out anyway, or point me >to > > the correct list. I just looked inside the back cover of a book >published > > in Zwickaw in 1867. There are names and birth dates (and in one case a > > death date) written in there. Unfortunately, the information is written > > in the old German script and I can't even read enough of it to see whose > > names are there. I'm not set up to scan the image into an email. Is > > there someone out there who reads the old script to whom I can simply > > snail mail a photocopy? > > > > Thanks, > > Marilyn > > > >

Thanks, Rose. Yes, I have that book, but it's still a struggle. If someone more adept that I can read it, that would be helpful. If not, then I'll get to work. :-) This is just an old hymnal I got through eBay, so I happened to be looking through it carefully and found this writing in the back. Marilyn