Gothic handwriting

Use your free time to study the Gothic handwriting you find in many Norwegian sources

Let us look at three Gothic letters that are easy to mix up.

When trying to read Gothic handwriting or a printed text accurately transcribed, the letters i and j may sometimes cause a little

This is the last installment in my little study of Gothic handwriting.

In this installment I will look at some words that frequently appear in church records.

I’m continuing my quest to get better at reading Gothic handwriting in old Norwegian sources.

If you do Norwegian genealogy, sooner or later you’ll run into Gothic handwriting (often called “Gothic script” or “blackletter-style handwriting”)