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Online Resources

 * Old German Script Transcriber (alte deutsche Handschriften) - handwriting generator tool
 * German Word List
 * German Numbers
 * Names in Old German Script

Tutorials and Classes

 * Old German Script at FamilySearch Learning Center - 3 part series
 * German Paleography Seminar at FamilySearch Learning Center
 * 10 part series covering alphabet, websites, key words, abbreviations, deciphering records, church/civil records, spelling variations, names, places
 * BYU Script Tutorial
 * German Research course through BYU Continuing Education - free, online course

See also: Reading the Old German Handwriting online course by Katherine Schober ($)

Sütterlin
Sütterlin or Suetterlin writing ("old German hand") is a practiced style of writing similar to earlier styles. This is a script, created by the Berlin graphic artist Ludwig Sütterlin (1865-1917), which was taught from 1915 to 1941 in German schools. It is also called the "deutsche Schrift".
 * suetterlinschrift.de -type a word to see it in the script
 * Sütterlin alphabet compared to Kanzleischriften examples and comparisons

Downloadable Handouts

 * [[Media:German Gothic Handwriting Guide.pdf|Handwriting Guide: German Gothic]]
 * Old German Handwriting - Reading Helps
 * [[Media:German given names handwriting examples.pdf|German given names handwriting examples]]
 * Old German Script
 * Spelling Variations in German Given and Place Names
 * [[Media:Fraktur Font help - Wiki.pdf|Fraktur Font]] -- Many forms and books are printed in this font.

Kurrent

 * [[Media:Kurrent_Font_Help_Wiki.pdf|Kurrent Font Handout]]
 * [[Media:Kurrent Letters.pdf|Kurrent Letters handout]]
 * [[Media:Days and Months Vocabulary-Kurrent-German.pdf|Days and Months handout]]
 * [[Media:Numbers Vocabulary.pdf|Numbers Vocabulary handout]]
 * [[Media:Kurrent Script Dates, Numbers, etc.pdf|Script Dates and Numbers handout]]
 * [[Media:Common Abbreviations-Kurrent-german.pdf|Common Abbreviations handout]]
 * [[Media:Common Symbols - Kurrent-german.pdf|Common Symbols handout]]

Vocabulary

 * [[Media:Birth Record Vocabulary-Kurrent-german.pdf|Birth Records Vocabulary handout]]
 * [[Media:Marriage Record Vocabulary-Kurrent-german.pdf|Marriage Records Vocabulary handout]]
 * [[Media:German marriage handout templated jan 2017.pdf|Overview of Marriage Laws and Customs (handout)]]
 * [[Media:Death Record Vocabulary-Kurrent german.pdf|Death Records Vocabulary handout]]
 * [[Media:German Occupations Vocabulary.pdf|German Occupations Vocabulary handout]]
 * [[Media:Illnesses Vocabulary-Kurrent-german.pdf|Illnesses Vocabulary handout]]

Publications

 * Edna M. Bentz, If I Can, You Can: Decipher Germanic Records (San Diego, Calif.: E.M. Bentz, 1982). ;.
 * Roger P. Minert, Deciphering Handwriting in German Documents 2nd Edition (Provo, Utah: GRT Publications, 2013), 271 pages. ; . An excellent textbook for studying German script.
 * George K. Schweitzer, German Genealogical Research (Knoxville, Tennessee, USA: Schweitzer, 1995), 239-70. FamilySearch Catalog.
 * Kenneth L. Smith, German Church Books: Beyond the Basics (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1989), 171-97. ; . Including the chart above showing how each letter of the alphabet looks in Gothic handwriting and type.