Do you own any old documents from your German ancestors that you cannot read? Would you like to know what they say? Barely anyone can read these writings any longer, although many documents are stored in archives, churches, and even private homes from centuries ago and written in the 'suetterlin' script or older German handwriting, just waiting to be "translated".

Many people owe letters, postcards, certificates, court records, documents concerning inheritance or matters of genealogy or other papers whose contents they do not know because they cannot read the writing.

But there is help. I offer you my services through my transcription office and will work on your documents and translate them. Additionally, I will research your family or business history in churches and archives of Mecklenburg.

Often these documents of your ancestors will contain interesting news and valuable information. You might be surprised by what happened ages ago in your family and in the surrounding area.

In accordance with my professional training as a certified documentary and in my work at the Cultural Historical Museum of Rostock,
I have extensive experience in dealing with old scripts.


By evaluating historical journeymen documents for many years, I am also able to decipher more complicated German handwritings and to research your assignments professionally.

From some examples on the following pages you can get an idea about my capabilities.