Genealogical Society of Washtenaw County, Michigan, Inc. Correspondence & Queries
		The forms listed below may be in any of several different formats, most commonly in HyperText Markup Language or HTML. Each entry below is given as: Title (Format) [Source]. If no format is given, the form or article is in HTML format. See File Formats & Downloads for information on downloading and viewing these files. Correspondence Correspondence Logs Languages & Translation Form Letters Writing Queries
Correspondence		Correspondence & Queries by Desmond Walls Allen and Carolyn Earle Billingsley [Second Copy] Correspondence - Making It Work For You by Maxine Bear Roberts [Genealogy Library] Correspondence [Ancestry] Genealogy Correspondence: The Writing Rite Done Right by George G. Morgan [Ancestry] Writing Genealogical Correspondence by Doug Smith [D'Addezio] Sample Letters [Dead Persons Society] Basic Query Letter Sample Questionnaire Requesting Further Information Replying to a Request for Information Beginning Genealogy by Nancy J. Emmert [about 3 clicks down] Genealogical Correspondence Guidelines [Jynxey's Junction] Correspondence: Postage, Payments & Letter Writing [Cyndi's List] Automate Your Holiday Greetings by Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens [Ancestry] Corresponding With Relatives Tip - Mini-Book Wows Relatives by Todd Eastman [Genealogy Library]
Correspondence Logs		Maintaining a Correspondence Log by George G. Morgan [Ancestry] Forms to download: Correspondence Log (Acrobat) by Duane A. Bailey Correspondence Record (Acrobat) [Ancestry] Correspondence Table (GIF) [Family Tree Maker] Research Calendar and Contact Log, two of eight forms in a single file (Acrobat) [Lineages]
Languages & Translation		Articles Reducing the Tower of Babel by Mark Howells Language Translations Don’t Have To Be Difficult by Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens [Ancestry] FamilySearch Research Helps: Dutch Genealogical Word List German Letter-Writing Guide German Genealogical Word List French Letter-Writing Guide French Genealogical Word List Spanish Letter-Writing Guide Spanish Genealogical Word List For other languages (Finnish, Italian, Polish, Portuguese), go to FamilySearch Research Helps and select the first letter of the country. Scroll down the page to find the country name, then select the page to view. Free Online Translation (text and/or web page): Babel Fish from AltaVista FreeTranslation.com from Transparent Language InterTran (tm) Internet Translator WorldLingo.com Alis Gist-In-Time Systran Language Tools: Universal Translator from Research-It! Translation Software: Babylon (free with ads or $20 without) Easy Translator from Transparent Language includes English to Spanish/French/German/Italian/Portuguese and Spanish/French/German/Japanese to English, Word/WordPerfect integration ($60 list, $50 less $20 rebate at CompUSA as of 2/1/01) Desktop Translator from Transparent Language includes English to Spanish/French/German/Italian/Portuguese and Spanish/French/German to English, ($130 list, $90 less $20 rebate at CompUSA as of 2/1/01) SysTran Products from SysTran: personal ($30-70) and professional ($250 up) including English to/from French/German/Italian/Portuguese/Spanish Translation Services (by translators): Try one of the free genealogy translation services provided by volunteers: France GenWeb's Free Translation Service (45+ languages) German Genealogy Net's Free Translation Service (Czech, English, Dutch, French, German, Polish) Check GenealogyPro listings by country or their Translation Services list. Compare prices with a general translation service such as: PlusTranslation.com from Transparent Language, (50+ languages, about $.19 per word) 4Translation Check advertisements in genealogical periodicals relating to that country or region. Ask for specific recommendations from participants in a mailing list or newsgroup for that area of interest. See if there are any services listed on that country's WorldGenWeb site. Use search engines with appropriate keywords such as: +genealogy +translation +documents +German    -or- +genealogy +research +services +translation Check other links on Cyndi's List: Languages & Translations.
Form Letters		Form letters to request genealogical information from an institution and from family members, terms and relationships, instructions for using form letters. [Genealogy.com] Form letters in English Form letters in French Form letters in German Form letters in Italian Form letters in Spanish Sample Letters to a Church in Croatian, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Romanian, Serbian Sample letters in German Letter to send to churches in Germany for genealogical data Letters to send to registrar's office and archives in Germany Letter to join a regional genealogical organization Italian Genealogy Interactive Form Letter Generator
Writing Queries		Correspondence & Queries by Desmond Walls Allen and Carolyn Earle Billingsley [Second Copy] First Steps: Write Successful Genealogy Queries
		Copyright © 2000-2007, Genealogical Society of Washtenaw County, Michigan, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission to print multiple copies for distribution is granted. http://www.hvcn.org/info/gswc/toolletter.htm Designed by S. Brevoort. Revised 15 October 2007. Send comments or changes to Sharon at wwwgswc@aol.com. Images © GSWC, Corel Corporation