Deciphering German church records can be tough. A German translation cheat sheet and a few tips should help you along your way.

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Here are a couple tricks to help decipher old German handwriting, Kurrent or Suetterlin, especially important with old family letters.

Figuring out the day of the week that something happened can be important in genealogy. Here are a couple approaches.