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Contents
About the Authors x
Introduction 1

Germanic Languages 2

German
German Alphabet 4
German Language 5
German Pronunciation 5
Document #1: A Family Record 6
Document #2: A Birth and Baptismal Certificate 10
Document #3: A German-Ukrainian Military Passport 15
Document #4: A Death Certificate 18
Document #5: A Contract for Passage on a Ship 24
German-English Word List 26
Personal Names 35

Swedish
Swedish Alphabet 36
Swedish and the Other Scandinavian Languages 37
Document #1: A "Moving Certificate" (Exit Permit) 37
Document #2: A Report Card 41
Document #3: A Swedish Passport 44
Document #4: An Emigration Contract 46
Document #5: A Swedish-American Baptismal Certificate 48
Document #6: A Confirmation Certificate 50
Document #7: A Marriage Certificate 52
Selected Vocabulary Terms 53
Selected First Names 60

Romance Languages 61

French
French Alphabet 63
Document #1: A Civil Birth Certificate 65
Document #2: A Baptismal Certificate 65
Document #3: A French Passport 68
Document #4: A Steamship Ticket 71
Document #5: A Death Certificate 72
Selected Vocabulary Terms 76
French Personal Names 79

Italian
Italian Alphabet 80
Document #1: A Steamship Ticket 81
Document #2: A Civil Family Registration Booklet 82
Document #3: Parish Family Registration Documents 83
Document #4: Civil Family Registration Documents 86
Document #5: An Italian Passport, Booklet Form 88
Document #6: A Long-Form Birth Certificate 90
Document #7: A Short-Form Birth Certificate 93
Selected Vocabulary Terms 95
Italian Personal Names 97

Latin
Latin Alphabet 98
Use of Latin in Genealogical Records 
Document #1: A Slovenian Birth Certificate (Latin-Italian) 99
Document #2: A Polish Baptismal Certificate 101
Document #3: A Slovak Baptismal Certificate 104
Document #4: A Ukrainian Baptismal Certificate (Ukrainian-Latin) 104
Selected Vocabulary Terms 108
Selected Personal Names 112 Portuguese
Portuguese Alphabet 113
Document #1: An Identity Card from the Azores 114
Document #2: A Birth Certificate from the Azores 116
Selected Vocabulary Terms 122
Selected Portuguese First Names 124 

Romanian
Romanian Alphabet 125
Document #1: A Romanian Birth Certificate 126
Document #2: A Romanian Passport 128
Selected Vocabulary Terms 129 Spanish
Spanish Alphabet 131
Document #1: A Civil Birth Certificate 132
Document #2: An Identity Card 137
Document #3: A Consular Record 141
Selected Vocabulary Terms 142
Selected Personal Names 144

Slavic Languages 145 

Czech
Czech Alphabet 148
Czechs, Bohemians, Moravians, Slovaks, and Their Languages 149
Document #1: A Czech Birth and Baptismal Certificate 149
Document #2: A Parish Family Registration Document 154
Document #3: A Slovak Passport 155
Selected Vocabulary Terms 157
Selected Personal Names 161 

Polish
Polish Alphabet 162
Polish Language 163
Format of Long-Form Documents 163
Template for Birth Records 164
Template for Death Records 165
Template for Marriage Records 165
Document #1: A Long-Form Polish Birth Certificate 166
Document #2: A Short-Form Polish Birth Certificate 170
Document #3: A Jewish Birth Certificate (Polish-Hebrew) 171
Document #4: A Polish/German Birth and Baptismal Certificate 174
Document #5: A Passport Application 177
Document #6: A Republic of Poland Passport 179
Document #7: A Polish/German Passport from the Austrian Sector 181
Document #8: A German/Polish/Ukrainian Employment Booklet 183
Selected Vocabulary Terms 184
Selected Personal Names 190 

Russian
Russian Alphabet 191
Russian Language 192
Document #1: A Russian Orthodox Birth Certificate 193
Document #2: Long-Form Roman Catholic Birth Record 198
Document #3: A Short-Form Certificate 202
Document #4: A Jewish Birth Certificate 205
Document #5: An Islamic Birth Record 206
Document #6: A Russian Booklet-Type Passport 209
Document #7: A Single-Sheet Russian Passport 211
Document #8: A Ship Ticket 213
Selected Vocabulary Terms 214
Selected Personal Names 221

Other Languages 222 

Hungarian (Magyar)
Hungarian Alphabet 223
Hungarian Language 224
Document #1: A Hungarian Birth Certificate 224
Document #2: A Hungarian Passport 227
Selected Vocabulary Terms 229
Personal Names 232 

Lithuanian
Lithuanian Alphabet 233
Lithuanian Language 234
Document #1: Lithuanian Baptismal Certificate I 234
Document #2: Lithuanian Baptismal Certificate II 234
Document #3: A Lithuanian Passport 236
Additional Useful Terms 236

Appendix A: Bibliography 239
Appendix B: A List of Genealogical Organizations 240