They are very difficult to read as they are handwritten in an old German script. The photo copies are also generally not too clear. What I have done is to scan for names. These are many times easy to spot if you look carefully. You can also usually tell what type of record it is by the name pattern. Birth, death, marriage. Make a print of the entry on the film reader and then find someone who can read the old writ\ting and pay them to translate. Today's German speakers rarely can read this stuff, but ask at the center and they will know someone who can. I am in exactly your position and it is difficult. Bill Wehrend On Apr 3, 2009, at 8:42 PM, Dorothea Sanderson wrote: > > I am going to the Family History Center and see if I can order a film > to see if I can find any birth records for siblings of my grandfather > who was born in 1855 in Hamburg as far as I know. Will I have trouble > reading the script on these old films. Can anyone give any guidelines > for making it easier for one who knows no German? > > Dorothea > > ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: > http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message