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Jane Masri
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Old Handwriting
« on: Wednesday 26 January 05 07:12 UTC (UK) »
The National Archives has a great new tutorial for deciphering documents.  Not only interesting but VERY useful too,

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/

Jane
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Re: Old Handwriting
« Reply #1 on: Friday 29 February 08 22:33 UTC (UK) »
I've linked a couple of other sites to this one ...

English Handwriting www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc

Scottish Handwriting http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,93683.0.html
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Re: Old Handwriting
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 01 March 08 00:13 UTC (UK) »
I find I can often read old handwriting because I worked in the NHS for almost 30yrs - alway knew it would come in useful one day  Grin Grin Grin Grin
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Re: Old Handwriting
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 01 March 08 03:57 UTC (UK) »
This is one of those topics which appears over and over again on RootsChat.

I usually respond by referring chatters to the RootsChat Reference Library and specifically to the RootsChat Lexicon of Genealogical Terms and Abbreviations.

The topic is there - but under 'Old English in Wills' which refers to the following thread:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,239704
A post of mine on that thread at:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,239704.16.html
refers to the sites listed above inter alia.

I've posted suggesting to Berlin-Bob that the topic could usefully be cross-referenced in the Lexicon under 'Handwriting' and 'Old Handwriting' and 'Palaeography' and 'Secretary Hand' and 'Scottish Handwriting'.

Regards,

JAP
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