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German-English Genealogical Dictionary

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I do a lot of research in German records and I have found this book to be an invaluable aid. I refer to it again and again. German, Latin and other terms found in German records (especially church books) are translated into English. The book even has bit of information about the hard to read German script. It also covers numbers, months, common names and those weird symbols you sometimes find in German records. Highly recommended.

I am doing translation work for a family website. Although I am a native German, I bought this book in the hope that it would provide oldfashioned, genealogical and historical terms and titles with which I am not familiar and which are not contained in modern dictionaries. From the description on your website I even mentioned it to some of my fellow translators, offering to test it before recommending it.
However, I cannot recommend it. I found very few of the terms I was looking for, and I discovered some blatant mistakes. Mr. Thode should have had a German person proofread his work in order to avoid things like confusing diarrhea with compulsion (sic!), dishonest with illegitimate, cupboard with liquor service. These are only three of the mistakes which I found in one hour, and there are probably dozens more. Instead of giving us more legitimate terms, Mr. Thode wastes valuable space on common Christian names which everybody knows.
I am very disappointed.
Sincerely,
Inge Alde
isa38@yahoo.com

as an amateur genealoger and volunteer translator I find Ernst Thode's dictionary very helpful in being as accurate as possible with my translations,since he has thousands of specialty words not found in ordinary German-english dictionaries. It's major drawback is that it is a one way street, no english-german. the German alpahabet script guide is also useful, although it would have been much more so if the printing had a much higher resolution.

This dictionary contains many useful definitions for current occupations but is somewhat weak in occupations found in prior centuries. The listing of abbreviations is probably worth the cost of the book as these are especially difficult to find.

This dictionary is an absolute necessity for any family history researcher who has ancestors in Germany and doesn't read german. It has the necessary words, numbers, dates, and handwriting examples to make translating German documents not only possible but manageable. I highly recommend it.

Item arrived in a timely manner and the condition of the item was just as posting listed. Very please with purchase.

Awesome! There is so much information in here, trying to read and translate German family history documents is finally within reach.

This is an invaluable resource for all genealogists, amateur as well as professional, even for those who speak German. Well worth the price.

This book contains examples of old German printing and script. It also has a very useful dictionary of archaic German and Latin terms you are likely to encounter in researching 18th and 19th century records written in German Script. Anyone who has tried to read an old church record written in Kurrent or Sütterlin script will appreciate this dictionary with examples. The inclusion of some Latin terms is very useful for research into Catholic Church records written in the old German scripts.

I have used this book for over 15 years and it is still one of the books I keep next to my desk for quick look-ups when I come across a difficult passage or term. This book will NOT make the transcription and translation task Easy, but it will make it Easier.

This book is a must have for anyone researching their German roots using old German Church records. For me, I find myself reaching for this book more than any other. Easy and comfortable to use. I highly recommend this one!