Czech/German language mavens/collaborators wanted!

Hanuš/Hans Petr/Peter Grab
Peter Rohel (c)
Wolf-Erich Eckstein
Private User
Martin Čakrt
Private User

Judith Berlowitz - I use - http://translate.google.com/#de/en/ - al the time :)

Helpful could be: http://www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/GermanOccs.htm

Dear Peter & Hanus - The real problem is simply reading the handwriting, not translation, which is why I need a human expert!
Thanks for your suggestions-
Judith

I see neither Rabdy's nor Eric's comment. So there is no reply. .

I don't speak much German, but I can translate to/from Czech.

I think I can read handwriting from 1890. The real challenge is handwriting from early 19th century - I have found birth and marriage records of my ancestors, but could not decipher them at all :-/

If your problem is with old German script, I'm willing to try helping. Is it possible, however, to post screenshots of the difficult bits, as Randy has done in the past, rather than sending email?

I speak Czech/German/English equally (French if you care too).
Decipher most old German hand writing, but no always.
Stefan Gaertner

Thanks to all who responded!
@Tanya, is it possible to post screenshots here? Please explain, as that would be the ideal system.
judith

Hello Judith,
I'm afraid I have no idea how it works, but Randy Schoenberg has posted (small clips of) inscrutable handwriting in these threads in the past, so I imagine he would be able to tell you how to do it.
Tanya

Is it possible to set up a geni area of some kind where scanned instructions/hints/samples of old German scripts could be posted? I have collected about 70 pages of useful materials.

I would need to check on each title to be sure that doing this does not infringe copyright rules, but I am fairly confident this would be "fair use".

My samples come from out-of-print books, but I assume everyone is aware of some useful links to online tutorials, samples, etc of these scripts? I assume I missed this, but doesn't hurt to ask.

I could also set up an offline website to which screenshots or instructional materials could be posted for collaboration, but this would not be as useful as geni, obviously.

All project collaborators should be able to add photos or documents to the project. From the project page go to Actions: View Photos and Documents, and from there you can add them to the project, make comments on them, etc.

I have corrected spelling (manly diacritic) of some villages. I have removed "Grafenfield", as no such place exists in the Czech republic.

Should be Grafenried, included on Badatelna under the German name.

Russell, the handwriting is so varied throughout the books that it would be difficult to set up an simple tutorial. But we have links to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurrent about the old German script from the project page, I think.

PS For a family from Grafenried (Lucina) see
Edward H. Bloch

You can also always post these images on ViewMate on JewishGen. Especially if you then post a notice about it on the related mailing list, someone will surely come along who can help, but there are also folks who apparently check that out regularly.