A manual with tips on how to read and decipher Germanic script. Contents: Foreword; Alphabets - German, - Danish; Use of Umlauts in Surnames; General Information; Relationships; Terminology and Symbols - German; Common Abbreviations - German; Church Year and Feasts - German; Months of the Year and Days of the Week; Germanic Latin and Danish Terminology; Glossary of Illnesses - German, Latin and Danish; Glossary of Occupations - German, Latin and Danish; What Was Going on in the World and Community of Your Ancestor When?; Alphabet Song; Finale.