Course enrollment: GR-201 - German: Reading the Records

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This course provides detailed discussion and explanation of old style German handwriting—Gothic script. Through numerous illustrations, researchers will learn not only the regular appearance of the Gothic letters, but also common variations of those letters and numbers. Various strategies and tactics for reading the records will further prepare you to face the real records.

Approximate contact hours to complete this course: 18

Course required reading: Minert, Roger P., Deciphering Handwriting in German Documents: Analyzing German, Latin, and French in Vital Records Written in Germany (Woods Cross, Utah: GRT Publications, 2001).