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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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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.
Visit Our Sponsor: GoldieMay.com
One of Family Tree Magazine’s best of 2024 is genealogy research software called Goldie May. It can help you speed up your research, untangle your family tree, and stay organized. It even has an automatic research log. It does not replace your genealogy programs, but it might replace the sticky notes on your monitor and papers on your desk — all those places where you keep notes and figure out your research.
There’s lots to do for free. Get started at goldiemay.com.
Stay in the Know
Sign up now for our FREE daily newsletter and get:
Plus, find Family Tree Magazine on your favorite social channels!
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Listen to Lisa Louise Cooke’s Genealogy Gems podcast available at her website and all major podcasting services, or download the Genealogy Gems Podcast app.

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