What is Gothic type of script?
Old German Gothic handwriting and print differ noticeably from the Roman script to which most English-speaking people are accustomedthe letters are formed differently. Records in German were usually written in gothic script until as late as the 1930s. And so, you will have to learn how to read gothic script. An excellent guide to deciphering gothic script, along with many helpful hints about the written German language, can be found in GERMANIC GENEALOGY: A GUIDE TO WORLDWIDE SOURCES AND MIGRATION PATTERNS available from the Germanic Genealogy Society.
Old German Gothic handwriting and print differ noticeably from the Roman script to which most English-speaking people are accustomedthe letters are formed differently. Records in German were usually written in gothic script until as late as the 1930s. And so, you will have to learn how to read gothic script. An excellent guide to deciphering gothic script, along with many helpful hints about the written German language, can be found in GERMANIC GENEALOGY: A GUIDE TO WORLDWIDE SOURCES AND MIGRATION PATTERNS available from the Germanic Genealogy Society. Examples of gothic type and script.
Old German Gothic handwriting and print differ noticeably from the Roman script to which most English-speaking people are accustomedthe letters are formed differently. Records in German were usually written in gothic script until as late as the 1930s. And so, you will have to learn how to read gothic script. An excellent guide to deciphering gothic script, along with many helpful hints about the written German language, can be found in GERMANIC GENEALOGY: A GUIDE TO WORLDWIDE SOURCES AND MIGRATION PATTERNS available from the Germanic Genealogical Society of MN.
