For help with low German, you might want to try contacting someone at the Pommerscher Verein Freistadt (Pomeranian Society of Freistadt). I seem to remember reading something about someone from their group giving low German language lessons. Possibly they could translate it for you. Their web site is http://www.execpc.com/~pommern/ Jenny >Ellen, > >Would your sources be able to help with letters written in Old German? I >have quite a few, written around 1860-1870, but I am told that they are in >"old" or "low" German which, it would seem, is entirely different from >today's German. I do have the letters scanned, but I don't have a web site >to post them on (nor do I know about how to do create a website!), but I >could email or snail mail them to anyone who might be able to help. > >If anyone has any good ideas for translating Old German, I would appreciate >your thoughts. Thanks so much. > >Gini