[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Reading polish church records

[Richard A. Stein]

Rachel,

Good advice from Rose.  I also found the word list very helpful.  You can
see some sample Polish records with translation on the SGGEE website,
Translation Aids.

Dick Stein

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rose Ingram" <roseingram at shaw.ca>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Reading polish church records


> Rachel,
>
> Your Family History Center may have a copy of the Polish Genealogical Word
> List which you could copy.  I found this very helpful when it started
> reading Polish written records.  It contain most of the necessary 'buzz'
> words needed for translation.
>
> If not, you can also find this list at the www.familysearch.org website.
> Click the "Search" tab, then "Research Helps", then choose the letter "P"
> from the alphabetial list.  The Word List should be about half way down
the
> page.  You can either print out all the pages, or  order the pamphlet
> on-line if you wish.
>
> Rose Ingram
>
>
> From: Rachel
> > Does anyone have any advice for reading/translating polish church
records?
> > I
> > have some knowledge and experience in translating ear;ly prussian
> > language,
> > but none for the polish language. Any advice would be greatly
appreciated.
>
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