In this episode of Best Websites, Rick Crume highlights some translation tools for making sense of foreign-language records.

Best Genealogy Websites: Translation Tools

One of the biggest challenges that genealogists face is translating foreign-language records, especially if the handwriting is hard to read. Author Rick Crume joins Lisa Louise Cooke on the podcast to discuss navigating a variety of tools that can get the job done.

Read Found in Translation by Rick Crume in the May  / June 2025 issue of Family Tree Magazine.

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