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Ivona - Hear Foreign Language Pronunciation

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Tim Firkowski

Wednesday, 15 June 2016

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If you have wondered what words sound like in another language, there are some tools out there to help you. I have found that I like ivona.com the best. Not only can you hear what the words sound like, you can pick a voice (male or female). In order to hear proper pronunciation, you MUST use the proper special characters of the language you wish to hear. This is a very good way to hear a surname or place pronounced correctly, which can help you figure out how the name could have been misspelled in records in the US after your relatives arrived in the US.

Ivona has 23 languages available to date:

Danish	English, Welsh	Polish	Spanish, American
Dutch	French	Portuguese	Swedish
English, American	French, Canadian	Portuguese, Brazilian	Turkish
English, Australian	German	Romanian	Norwegian
English, British	Icelandic	Russian	Welsh
English, Indian	Italian	Spanish, Castilian

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Polish Genealogy French-Canadian Genealogy

About the author

Tim Firkowski

I have been doing genealogy research since 2002 & have worked full time as a Professional Genealogist since 2008. I specialize in Polish and American-Canadian Genealogy. As a member of APG, I was the 2010/2011 President of the New England Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists (NEAPG). I have Certificates of Completion for studies in "Foundations of Forensic Genealogy" and "Advanced Forensic Genealogy Techniques". I have been a volunteer librarian at the local Family History Center, and a genealogy research consultant at “Ask the Expert” Ancestry Road Shows. I have traveled to Poland numerous times & researched in churches and archives. At conferences and special events, you may find me dressed up in my Sherlock Holmes outfit, or my Kujawy (the folk costume from the region in Poland where my ancestors came from).