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Summary: Good but not great
Comment: 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.

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Summary: A Must Have for Anyone Researching Old German Records
Comment: 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!

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Summary: A simply outstanding and highly recommended translation resource
Comment: Expertly compiled by Ernest Thode and originally published in 1992, this new edition of
German-English Genealogical Dictionary is comprised of thousands of German terms defined as single
words, symbols, and succinct phrases specifically selected on their relevance to genealogical
research. These are words and terms found in German church records, civil registration records,
family correspondence, genealogical journals, ships' passenger lists, as well as emigration records.
Utilizing German-English Genealogical Dictionary, a simply outstanding and highly recommended
translation resource, aspiring American genealogists will be able to decipher and interpret any
German document in the course of the genealogical inquiries.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Too many mistakes
Comment: 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

Customer Rating:

Summary: Excellent Resource
Comment: 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.

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