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This is a script, created by the Berlin graphic artist Ludwig Sütterlin (1865-1917), which was taught from 1915 to 1941 in German schools. Sütterlin or Suetterlin writing ("old German hand") is a practiced style of writing similar to earlier styles. A list of given names with handwritten examples from records is found here: German given names handwriting examples.A short handy reference guide with an alphabet, reading tips, and record samples is found here.For examples of old German Gothic handwriting see the PDF file Handwriting Guide: German Gothic.Old German gothic handwriting and print are very different from the Roman script most English- speaking genealogists use. The FamilySearch moderator for Germany is Baerbel
