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I decided I want to introduce my kids to reading the old German handwriting, and I heard that there was a great online interactive tutorial. But when I search for it on google, I find this link, which has not been working (at least for the last couple of weeks): http://script.byu.edu/german. I've looked around online and have found a number of websites which could be helpful for learning the old script, but I think an interactive tutorial would really help the kids get more interested and help them to practice. Does anyone know if this tutorial has been moved and can be accessed on a different website? Or does anyone know of any other interactive tutorials or online "flashcards" I could use? (I could create something like this myself, but I'd love to save myself the time if it already exists online). Thanks!
I received notice that there was a problem at BYU. Some of their sites have been temporarily taken down. They will hopefully be up again soon but there was no time frame as to when the problem will be resolved.
Thanks Brandon! That’s good to hear that they do have a plan to get them back up again.
We have free webinar lessons on the Help section (Learning Center) of FamilySearch that helps with the handwriting. Here are two webinars that are excellent: https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/38 and https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/375
Betseylee Browning
The term Old German Script, as used throughout this tutorial, refers to the typefaces and handwriting styles of German-speaking countries during the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries. Although these scripts are based on the Latin alphabet, many of the individual letters may appear to the untrained eye as unique as the letters of the Russian or Arabic alphabets.
https://script.byu.edu/Pages/the-german-documents-pages/the-german-documents(english)
