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Theresa Berns Translations provides professional transcription and translation services for genealogical documents, helping clients explore family histories and connect with their German roots. A native German speaker with a university degree in translation studies, Theresa specializes in deciphering historical German handwriting, including Kurrent, Sütterlin and Fraktur. Services include transcribing and translating birth, marriage and death records, church entries, newspaper articles, letters and diaries, as well as other genealogical documents.

She works between German and English in both directions and also translates modern German. Her approach emphasizes accuracy, careful research and preserving the meaning and character of each original text. Clients may receive typed transcriptions alongside translations, with informative comments or footnotes where useful for understanding context.

Theresa provides estimates based on document word count and script readability; prospective clients can submit a high-resolution PDF to request a quote. The service is suited to individuals researching ancestry and family history, as well as people working on genealogy projects who need help interpreting historical German-language records