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Course 7:
Reading German Records
This course is an introduction to German Gothic script and Fraktur typeface. Students with basic German
church books experience will find this course helpful. Those with more experience will find this course
too simple. Please review the church book image HERE. If you can read much of the record,
this course will be too easy for you. If you can only read a little or none of the record, this course
is appropriate for you.
Faculty:
Textbooks:
- (Required) Fay S. Dearden. Deciphering Gothic Records: Useful Hints for Helping You Read "Old German" Script. Pavson, AZ: Family Tree Press, 1996.
- (Required) Roger P. Minert. Deciphering Handwriting in German Documents : Analyzing German, Latin, and French in Vital Records Written in Germany. Woods Cross, UT: GRT Publications, 2001.
- (Recommended) Ernest Thode. German-English Genealogical Dictionary. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992.
Course Schedule:
(subject to change)
Monday
- 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Introduction to the Course (Bittner)
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: German Gothic Script — Upper-Case Letters (Bittner)
- 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Morning Break
- 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.: German Gothic Script — Lower-Case letters (Bittner)
- 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.: Lunch
- 12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Gothic Script Reading Workshop (Bittner)
- 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: Afternoon Break
- 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Advanced Gothic Script Reading and Writing Workshop (Bittner)
Tuesday
- 8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Homework and Vocabulary Review (Bittner)
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Introduction to Fraktur (Bittner)
- 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Morning Break
- 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.: Workshop on reading Fraktur (Johnson)
- 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.: Lunch
- 12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Introduction to German Church Records (Bittner)
- 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: Afternoon Break
- 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: German Church Book Workshop (Bittner)
Wednesday
- 8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Homework and Vocabulary Review (Johnson)
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Latin Terms in German Records (Johnson)
- 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Morning Break
- 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.: Latin Church Book Workshop (Johnson)
- 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.: Lunch
- 12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Symbols and Abbreviations in German Church Books (Johnson)
- 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: Afternoon Break
- 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Secrets of Reading German Place Names and Surnames (Johnson)
Thursday
- 8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Homework and Vocabulary Review (Bittner)
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Introduction to German Civil Registration (Bittner)
- 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Morning Break
- 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.: German Civil Registration Workshop (Johnson)
- 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.: Lunch
- 12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: German Grammar and Syntax (Johnson)
- 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: Afternoon Break
- 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Occupations, Citizenship, and Nobel Authorities in German Records (Johnson)
Friday
- 8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.: Other Types of German Records (Johnson)
- 9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Morning Break
- 9:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.: Review and Final Exam (Bittner)
- 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Farewells and Certificates (Bittner)
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