Following the Paper Trail: A Multilingual Translation Guide ; by Jonathan D. Shea and William F. Hoffman; Published: 1994; Softcover; 256 pp; 8.5x11; ISBN 9780962637346; Item AV346

A guide to translating vital statistic records in 13 languages: Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latin, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and Swedish. Each section shows the alphabet of the language, sample vital statistic records and their translation, and a list of words commonly encountered. An indispensable reference source for anyone whose research involves European languages.

Contents

• About the Authors
• Introduction
• Germanic Languages
• German
• German Alphabet
• German Language
• German Pronunciation
• Document #1: A Family Record
• Document #2: A Birth and Baptismal Certificate
• Document #3: A German-Ukrainian Military Passport
• Document #4: A Death Certificate
• Document #5: A Contract for Passage on a Ship
• German-English Word List
• Personal Names
• Swedish
• Swedish Alphabet
• Swedish and the Other Scandinavian Languages
• Document #1: A "Moving Certificate" (Exit Permit)
• Document #2: A Report Card
• Document #3: A Swedish Passport
• Document #4: An Emigration Contract
• Document #5: A Swedish-American Baptismal Certificate
• Document #6: A Confirmation Certificate
• Document #7: A Marriage Certificate
• Selected Vocabulary Terms
• Selected First Names
• Romance Languages
• French
• French Alphabet
• Document #1: A Civil Birth Certificate
• Document #2: A Baptismal Certificate
• Document #3: A French Passport
• Document #4: A Steamship Ticket
• Document #5: A Death Certificate
• Selected Vocabulary Terms
• French Personal Names
• Italian
• Italian Alphabet
• Document #1: A Steamship Ticket
• Document #2: A Civil Family Registration Booklet
• Document #3: Parish Family Registration Documents
• Document #4: Civil Family Registration Documents
• Document #5: An Italian Passport, Booklet Form
• Document #6: A Long-Form Birth Certificate
• Document #7: A Short-Form Birth Certificate
• Selected Vocabulary Terms
• Italian Personal Names
• Latin
• Latin Alphabet
• Use of Latin in Genealogical Records
• Document #1: A Slovenian Birth Certificate (Latin-Italian)
• Document #2: A Polish Baptismal Certificate
• Document #3: A Slovak Baptismal Certificate
• Document #4: A Ukrainian Baptismal Certificate (Ukrainian-Latin)
• Selected Vocabulary Terms
• Selected Personal Names
• Portuguese
• Portuguese Alphabet
• Document #1: An Identity Card from the Azores
• Document #2: A Birth Certificate from the Azores
• Selected Vocabulary Terms
• Selected Portuguese First Names
• Romanian
• Romanian Alphabet
• Document #1: A Romanian Birth Certificate
• Document #2: A Romanian Passport
• Selected Vocabulary Terms 129 Spanish
• Spanish Alphabet
• Document #1: A Civil Birth Certificate
• Document #2: An Identity Card
• Document #3: A Consular Record
• Selected Vocabulary Terms
• Selected Personal Names
• Slavic Languages
• Czech
• Czech Alphabet
• Czechs, Bohemians, Moravians, Slovaks, and Their Languages
• Document #1: A Czech Birth and Baptismal Certificate
• Document #2: A Parish Family Registration Document
• Document #3: A Slovak Passport
• Selected Vocabulary Terms
• Selected Personal Names
• Polish
• Polish Alphabet
• Polish Language
• Format of Long-Form Documents
• Template for Birth Records
• Template for Death Records
• Template for Marriage Records
• Document #1: A Long-Form Polish Birth Certificate
• Document #2: A Short-Form Polish Birth Certificate
• Document #3: A Jewish Birth Certificate (Polish-Hebrew)
• Document #4: A Polish/German Birth and Baptismal Certificate
• Document #5: A Passport Application
• Document #6: A Republic of Poland Passport
• Document #7: A Polish/German Passport from the Austrian Sector
• Document #8: A German/Polish/Ukrainian Employment Booklet
• Selected Vocabulary Terms
• Selected Personal Names
• Russian
• Russian Alphabet
• Russian Language
• Document #1: A Russian Orthodox Birth Certificate
• Document #2: Long-Form Roman Catholic Birth Record
• Document #3: A Short-Form Certificate
• Document #4: A Jewish Birth Certificate
• Document #5: An Islamic Birth Record
• Document #6: A Russian Booklet-Type Passport
• Document #7: A Single-Sheet Russian Passport
• Document #8: A Ship Ticket
• Selected Vocabulary Terms
• Selected Personal Names
• Other Languages
• Hungarian (Magyar)
• Hungarian Alphabet
• Hungarian Language
• Document #1: A Hungarian Birth Certificate
• Document #2: A Hungarian Passport
• Selected Vocabulary Terms
• Personal Names
• Lithuanian
• Lithuanian Alphabet
• Lithuanian Language
• Document #1: Lithuanian Baptismal Certificate I
• Document #2: Lithuanian Baptismal Certificate II
• Document #3: A Lithuanian Passport
• Additional Useful Terms
• Appendix A: Bibliography
• Appendix B: A List of Genealogical Organizations