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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Translation of 1679 Probate - Latin to English
« on: Today at 14:15 »
Thanks for the advice Bookbox.

No one solution, but now plenty of resources and books, to acquire, refer to and study...  There's hope for me yet.  :)

Having a look through the (archived) National Archives’ online Latin Palaeography and it still appears to have a lot of resources and lessons available to keep me busy.

Agree practice is key - I still remember transcribing my first Will (1765) and finding it a little difficult to recognise the terms used in the handwriting. Now looking back at it, and it's very easy to read. 
Although this is English handwriting and not Latin.


Also thank you Watson - I'll be sure to check out the Latin Abbreviations in Record Intererater. :)

This is exciting.




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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Translation of 1679 Probate - Latin to English
« on: Today at 09:18 »
Hi Bookbox,

The introductions to these older probates, depositions etc in Latin use quite a few abbreviated words  (with an above flourish).

I'm wondering if there's a book that contains typically abbreviated Latin words for these court documents?  ...or with your amazing skills, you probably already have published a book on Latin ;D

Here's an example of one book I sometimes refer to for 16/17th handwriting. Towards the end of the pdf book it shows some of these abbreviated English words... (although one for Latin would be also good)

READING THE PAST - Sixteenth And Seventeenth Century English Handwriting
https://www.york.ac.uk/media/borthwick/documents/publications/Reading%20the%20Past%20Sixteenth%20and%20Seventeenth%20Century%20English%20Handwriting.pdf

The pdf is about 60 MB.
Takes about a minute to open, so maybe open it in a new internet browsing tab.

Thanks, Wayne







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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Translation of 1679 Probate - Latin to English
« on: Yesterday at 09:49 »
Very much appreciated Bookbox  :)

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Date for photo?
« on: Yesterday at 09:40 »
Red blemishes on B/W photos became noticeable toward the 1960s when photo developing techniques evolved. While earlier dated photos would fade.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Decipher the last name written on this Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA record
« on: Yesterday at 08:17 »
It looks like Sinne to me with a dot above (to the right) of the letter 'i' the last letter being the 'e'
Here's a more clear version.

Although the person filling out the record may not have got the spelling correct.

Orangeburg shows some other variations: Senn, Sine, Signh

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help with a few words in Willian Roberts 1667 Will
« on: Yesterday at 06:52 »
Thank you kindly :)

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Help with a few words in Willian Roberts 1667 Will
« on: Yesterday at 04:52 »
May I have some help with a few highlighted words in William Roberts 1667 Will please

This is what I have:

The last will and Testament of William Robarts, belonging to this majesties ship the Foresight whose habitations was in the Parish of St Johns in ?east north towne ?  the ? of tennant?

.... Imprimis - I bequeath my soule Into the armes of god my saviour that gave it, me and my body to the earth to be buried with ?Christian? burial and all my lands and goods to be divided according to this my last will and testament as following:

.... Item: I will and bequeath after the death of my well belovered wife that the house and land belonging to, it be given unto my sone of my body Willi Robarts and his ayres forevar, and if it should forme good in the ages of the Lord that hee should not live till hee ?__? I ?__? of children by his owne bodye that then the said house and land be equally divided to my five dahters of as many of them as shall be then living.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Translation of 1679 Probate - Latin to English
« on: Yesterday at 04:19 »
Can this 1679 Probate be be transcribed from Latin to English
This is my poor attempt at Latin... hopefully one day I'll become accurate ;D

22do die Martij 1679 nix fa et Dora vo neh viro Johanne Bale clico in Med Dctre surro et pid fe me Casro lo foencne
notar pnoco

Probatum et Jurta Susanna Roberts Rel(i)ca defuncti et lis in dod Eesto nominato olc inde appro Gatid et Brinsqs et Conid (per)id fuit ?_____? In debita Juris forma cid toict et iuxat ?___? nire  ninisninq et ?______?

On the 22nd day of March, 1679.....
Proved and sworn by Susanna Roberts, the relict of the deceased... 

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The Common Room / Re: Starting from scratch
« on: Sunday 19 May 24 02:31 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: coombs on Saturday 18 May 24 19:32 BST (UK)
In the past week or so I have been going through some of my ancestors with a fine tooth comb yet again looking for new clues, and it can be exhausting and time consuming and often with little to no breakthroughs in getting further back.

The amount of breakthroughs I have been able to find has been venturing into branches that aren't necessarily, directly related (or whom I'm searching for), but have had dealings of some sort with the person or relative I'm researching. Some of the common records; wills, depositions and deeds. And one that can be easily overlooked is the witnesses on marriage records.

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