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To: Bringbackthedraft
LOL, even today’s Germans have trouble reading the old script.

I have a post card written by my uncle to my father circa 1914.
It's in cursive German (I think). Haven't been able to have it translated.

33 posted on 12/15/2017 7:58:56 AM PST by Vinnie
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To: Vinnie

I learned German in order to translate church records pertaining to family from the early to mid-1700’s. It’s really not that hard, the strokes of the letterforms were just stylized to work with a quill, in addition to being connected to minimize lifting it.


36 posted on 12/15/2017 8:02:53 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Vinnie

It’s in cursive German (I think). Haven’t been able to have it translated. ............................. Ah ha, that script could be in “Austrian” or Swiss.


45 posted on 12/15/2017 9:02:43 AM PST by Bringbackthedraft (Damn, the tag line disappeared again? Coursors!)
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