tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537999101514441161.post5268587548509487151..comments2024-02-25T08:54:26.302-08:00Comments on Eclectic (at Best): 1837 Wanderbuch from the Grand Duchy of HesseDan Durninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10639064524903151404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537999101514441161.post-29442315390227403562016-07-20T10:46:01.966-07:002016-07-20T10:46:01.966-07:00Sorry to take so long to reply to your comment. I ...Sorry to take so long to reply to your comment. I hope that the Wanderbuch is that of a relative. It could tell you much about the history of your family. For folks like me who are not native speaker, reading German handwriting -- especially the early style of hand writing taught in schools -- is extremely difficult. So, your best bet would be to find an older native speaker of German who might be able to easily make out the handwriting. If you email me a picture of the page what has the name and description of the characteristics of the Wanderbuch owner, I will be glad to try to translate that (dan.birchbay@gmail.com). If you look closely at the stamps on each page -- which acknowledges that the person worked there -- it is sometimes easy to make out the names of the cities where he worked. Good luck. Dan Durninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10639064524903151404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537999101514441161.post-29906773854458477072016-06-21T20:58:00.321-07:002016-06-21T20:58:00.321-07:00I know it has been quite some time since you publi...I know it has been quite some time since you published this blog so I hope you are able to receive this comment. Recently after my mother passed away I found a Wanderbuch among her belongings. Unfortunately I am unable to translate it but the book is dated from 1823 to 1849 with every page full of stamps and writing. Do you have any recommendations on how I could get it translated? I'm not even sure whose it is. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024523463196045938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537999101514441161.post-87675859217373900732013-10-23T11:44:03.967-07:002013-10-23T11:44:03.967-07:00Thank you for your comment. It's great that yo...Thank you for your comment. It's great that you have an ancestor's Wanderbuch; you can add much to your family history with it. I enjoyed, first, learning what a Wanderbuch is, then trying to make sense of the one that I acquired. The biggest obstacle for me was trying to read handwritten German. That is a real challenge. Good luck is piecing it all together! Dan Durninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10639064524903151404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537999101514441161.post-89158958104293813082013-10-22T19:39:18.845-07:002013-10-22T19:39:18.845-07:00Thanks for doing this. I persuaded by aunt to make...Thanks for doing this. I persuaded by aunt to make a copy of one of these owned by my great-great grandfather. And not a moment too soon. She was a lively woman in her 90's, but she died a few years later at 97. She didn't think the internal passport was meaningful. I told her to humor me and copy it. Although she didn't do the cover or some of the pages, I got the gist that this was similar to the one you show here. He was a Prussian traveling around the region we'd called East Germany and Poland today (Berlin, Magdeburg, Brandenburg, Gdansk, etc.) He emigrated to the US after this period of his life. I think I'll have a better time reconstructing his past with the info you have posted here. There are many stamps in his book, but also the image of a target which he used to show what kind of shot he was, and also something indicating a wardrobe. I began to wonder if he traveled for the military. I need to have the book translated. The original has disappeared, although it may be with one of my cousins.<br /><br />Thanks again. I'll one day piece the story together out of the fragments I have. Fun, isn't it? <br /><br />Diannemusingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04701690680853460155noreply@blogger.com