Originally Posted by
SimonK
but I find the old fashioned writing extremely hard to decipher, so I really appreciate any help.
Best cure for that is to learn how to do it yourself.
Lessons on Kurrent (taught up until 1914)
https://script.byu.edu/Pages/German/en/kurrent.aspx I suggest you start there, you will appreciate how much easier Sutterlin (taught until 1941) is to read. Watch out for sch which is written as a single letter.
http://www.suetterlinschrift.de/Englisch/Sutterlin.htm