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Mennonite Studies: Reference

Selected Mennonite Studies Reference Sources

More General Reference Sources

Old Germanic Script Tutorials

Brigham Young University has an online paleography tutorial for reading German scripts.

Helpful books:

Bentz, Edna M. If I Can, You Can Decipher Germanic Records. San Diego, Calif.?: E.M. Bentz, 1988.Conrad Grebel Reference: PF3097 .B46 2008.

Minert, Roger P. (Roger Phillip). Deciphering Handwriting in German Documents : Analyzing German, Latin, and French in Vital Records Written in Germany. Woods Cross, Utah: GRT Publications, 2001.Stacks and Reference: Z115.G4 M56 2001.