German Interest Group
Topic: Lost in the Text? Strategies for Decrypting Genealogical Records in German
Speaker: Charlotte Champenois
Learn strategies professionals use to decipher German-language records, and start untangling records written in the old German script.
Note: Part of the discussion will be on deciphering abbreviations. Charlotte has agreed to a request that members of our GIG can send in abbreviations that they have found and may have had difficulty determining the meaning. If you have an example, please send a link to the record that contains the abbreviation. We need to get these to Charlotte in a timely manner. Please send the link to gig.sdgs@gmail.com.
I've also asked Charlotte to take a few moments and tell us about Decipherlink. This is an app that she and two others have developed to help users learn to read the Old German handwriting.
Host: Amy Chidester
For questions contact Amy Chidester
at gig.sdgs@gmail.com
This meeting will be a hybrid meeting via Zoom and in-person at the San Diego FamilySearch Center, 4195 Camino Del Rio South, San Diego, California 92108
Zoom information will be sent in the week prior to the meeting to those that register.
The public is welcome to register and attend.
