German English Genealogical Dictionary by Ernest Thode  

Item No. 5758 - publ. 2006 - Softbound - 8 1/2 x 11 - 2lb. .4oz. - 286 pgs. - ISBN: 0-8063-1342-0 - price $29.95

This book is designed for the family researcher who has little or no knowledge of German but who nevertheless needs to make a translation of German-language documents. With its emphasis on simplicity, the dictionary covers thousands of German terms and defines them in single words or brief phrases. All words, symbols, and abbreviations in the dictionary were chosen of the bias of their association with genealogy, having been noted in church records, civil registration records, family correspondence, genealogical journals, ships' passenger lists, and emigration records. In conjunction with a standard German-English dictionary, the user of this work should be able to make a word-by-word translation of any German document and understand it.