translation tools
The below presented collection of links to the translation tools has been created to assist you in translating the vital records for your ancestors (German, Latin, Polish, Russian).
Additional help with BMD documents including guidance on formats/structures and translations is available here -
Vital Record Structures and Formats
genealogical dictionaries
Polish-Latin-English
(for the following links please use chrome to translate Polish to English):
Polish - English
Death Notice Translation Guide for The Dziennik dla Wszystkich
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Polish_Genealogical_Word_List
BMD Napoleonic Records - FS Reading Aid (Polish and Russian)
Latin - English
Ecclesiastical abbreviations http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01022a.htm
Genealogical words
Dictionary
Dictionary and Grammar Aid http://archives.nd.edu/latgramm.htm
Polish-German-English
German handwriting:
Polish historical dictionaries
dictionary of expressions used in old Polish djvu file for download
dictionary of expressions used in old Polish website version
Russian-English
Genealogical Words
Names handwritten (from web archived website lostshoebox) and pdf version
Russian Alphabet
A Cyrillic orthography for the Polish language
Vital records http://zofiafederowicz.com/akta-metrykalne/?setlang=en
https://www.sggee.org/research/rus_translate/nap_documents.html
Multi-lingual translation aids
Hard copy and online publications
"In Their Words" by William F. Hoffman and Jonathan D. Shea (four volumes: Polish, Russian, Latin, German )