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Help with unusual writing style
« on: Thursday 27 October 22 00:52 BST (UK) »
Could someone pleased decipher part of a Land Title Deed of 1912.

The attached Surrender and Transfer added to this deed.  Can someone please explain the gist of the two additions.  Any persons names in the additions would be helpful.
An unusual style of  English writing.
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Re: Help with unusual writing style
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 27 October 22 01:53 BST (UK) »
These are what are called memorials on the Deed, at least in the NZ Lands and Deeds terminology.  They are a summary of action on the title deed.  For the nuts and bolts of the memorials you need to search the actual documents ie the Surrender document and the Transfer document.

The writing style is not unusual.  My own writing style is similar to this.  Some school taught italics and then when people write in quick cursive it was up and own and not sloped. 

The memorials seem to be very blurry on my screen. usually those who wrote these memorials had a good clear hand but the blurriness makes it more difficult. is there somewhere on line we can get a clearer version please? 

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Re: Help with unusual writing style
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 27 October 22 05:19 BST (UK) »
Hi shanreagh,
Another sample atatched, thanks for your help
Regards
clancam37
These are what are called memorials on the Deed, at least in the NZ Lands and Deeds terminology.  They are a summary of action on the title deed.  For the nuts and bolts of the memorials you need to search the actual documents ie the Surrender document and the Transfer document.

The writing style is not unusual.  My own writing style is similar to this.  Some school taught italics and then when people write in quick cursive it was up and own and not sloped. 

The memorials seem to be very blurry on my screen. usually those who wrote these memorials had a good clear hand but the blurriness makes it more difficult. is there somewhere on line we can get a clearer version please?

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Re: Help with unusual writing style
« Reply #3 on: Friday 28 October 22 19:44 BST (UK) »
The names in the Transfer look like Mary Cook Mitchell and Edward James La???