Being that the majority of records I need to look at are from Germany, I need to re-learn German and more importantly learn to read the old German script. Brigham Young University (BYU) offers an Independent Study German Research Course that also includes reading the old German script. The best part is the course is offered free. I brought back over 100 German documents from Salt Lake, now just to learn what they say. I was able to read enough to know they were connected to my Seidlemann family.
It is amazing, how many of my ancestors came from Germany. I do have a couple lines from the British Isles and Norway; however, I would have to add a disclaimer to the the lines (Stanley/Root) from the British Isles, as these lines could be considered coming from the U.S.The Stanley and Root families have been in the U.S. for eight to ten generations, whereas my German lines have only been in the U.S. for three or four generations.
Being that the majority of records I need to look at are from Germany, I need to re-learn German and more importantly learn to read the old German script. Brigham Young University (BYU) offers an Independent Study German Research Course that also includes reading the old German script. The best part is the course is offered free. I brought back over 100 German documents from Salt Lake, now just to learn what they say. I was able to read enough to know they were connected to my Seidlemann family.
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