A Godly Inheritance Family histories, GEDCOMs, and treasures from a godly inheritance. Samples of German Gothic Handwriting

Ruth Marlene Friesen - Saskatoon, SK. Canada

First, the envelope for a "Funeral Invitation" -



This is the invitation to a funeral in my great-grandfather, Isbrand Friesen's hand. . .



This is the back of the same sheet, on which is a list of the relatives in his parents' village. Each home passes it on to the next, so the same invitation is used for all. Notice that the names are written in the English style instead of the Gothic script.



Here is another letter from another great-grandfather, David Kroeker, in Mexico, who was writing to his grown children in Canada, about the death of his wife, and their mother.