Good morning!
My name is Leah and I am a member of the fighting Texas A&M class of 2007. My husband and I live on st john in the US Virgin Islands in on a charter company down here. We are also very into local history and have done a lot of education is type of work. Some of you may remember an article about us in last year's former student magazine - I'll attach the photo. The shipwreck discussed in this magazine we are still trying to identify. I've come across a series of records from the time and geographic area but they are all needing translation. I'm hoping someone in my Aggie net work can assist on a volunteer basis and help us to work to identify is incredibly old and important Ship Wreck to st john history.
Thank you,
Leah Randall
TAMU 2007
flyawaychartersvi@gmail.com
340-514-9627

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You might consider reaching out to these folks for guidance.

Sounds like a job for chatgpt.

I might be able to help. But I have to warn you: Kurrent is really hard. Chat GPT will be useless. There is not an AI program available that transcribes cursive, as far as I know.

For those who don't know, Kurrent is a special type of cursive writing exclusive to Germany. It's one of two different cursive forms used in the 1700s and 1800s. It doesn't really look like regular cursive and is tricky to navigate.

I have a degree from A&M in German. I could translate pretty well, and I've got some Kurrent guides. So I can have a look at it, but it very well may be beyond me depending on the quality of the text.

I can do some Kurrent and some Fraktur, it depends on if it's typed or handwritten. With a sample text, I can let you know if I can translate or not.