Posted on July 18, 2016 by Kathy Wurth

TEN TIPS FOR DECIPHERING OLD GERMAN HANDWRITING

For many of us we put off working on our German ancestors because we are afraid of having to read the Old German script, chicken scratch we say! But you absolutely have to be able to read some things, as German church book records are one of the main ways to follow your family line […]

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Kathy Wurth

10 THINGS TO KNOW WHEN STARTING GERMAN GENEALOGY RESEARCH

I recently attended an all day seminar with one of the leading German experts. Lectures were very interesting as were the questions the audience asked, they ranged from complicated to basic. It reminded me that when you are starting out with German research its helpful to know a few things going in. A few months […]