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• 20 Tips for Deciphering Old German Handwriting

  Offers tips for deciphering old German script.

• Danish-Norwegian Paleography Updated

• Deciphering Gothic Records

  Book for sale.

• FamilySearch - Old German Script

  By Fritz Juengling Ph.D., AG.

• FamilySearch Learning Center - Old German Script Part 1 ^FREE

  By Dr. Fritz Juengling.

• FamilySearch Learning Center - Old German Script Part 2 ^FREE

  By Dr. Fritz Juengling.

• FamilySearch Learning Center - Old German Script Part 3 ^FREE

  By Dr. Fritz Juengling. German Church and Civil Records.

• FamilySearch Learning Center - Reading Russian Documents: Deciphering the Handwriting and Understanding the Grammar

• FamilySearch Learning Center - Reading Russian Documents: The Russian Alphabet

• FamilySearch Learning Center - Scandinavian Handwriting

• FamilySearch Learning Center - Scandinavian Handwriting Part 3

• FamilySearch Wiki - Germany Handwriting

• FamilySearch Wiki - Handwriting Guide: German Gothic ^FREE

• FamilySearch Wiki - Italy Handwriting

• Fraktur Deciphered

• GenWiki - Alte deutsche Handschriften / Old German Handwritten Scripts

• Here you can learn Suetterlin - the German handwriting

  Excellent online tutorial on the German script and handwriting including an alphabet and scanned examples of documents.

• Journey into German Genealogy (YouTube)

  Presentation by German Genealogy Translator Katherine Schober on Tips and Tools to Help You with German Genealogy and Old German Handwriting.

• My Ancestors and Me - Helps for Translating That Old German Handwriting

• OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List (RootsWeb, archived on Archive-It)

  For deciphering and interpreting documents from the British Isles, from earliest times to about 1900. This list is intended for genealogists, family and local historians, etc.