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*[https://www.familysearch.org/asken/help/helpcenter/learningViewerarticle/96 Reading English Handwritten Recordshow-do-i-read-elizabethan-secretary-hand Tips and resources for reading Elizabethan secretary hand] from [httpsArticle Id://www.familysearch1497 April 20, 2020.org/ask/landing?search=Getting%20Started&show=lessons&message=true FamilySearch Learning Center]Help. Covers "Secretary Handhand" used developed in Europe during the early 16th century (1500s ) as an easily legible style of handwriting for court and 1600s. The videos may also be viewed using Chrome as a browser, in addition to the browsers specifiedother government business.:[https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/help/handwriting#!/lang=en&title=Alphabet%20(Secretary%20Hand) Handwriting Helps: English], a FamilySearch indexing Help page, with links to a Guide.:[https://web.archive.org/web/20211217020420im_/https://us.v-cdn.net/6032564/uploads/attachments/0683A000007SxXBQA0_Given%20Name%20Handwriting%20Abbreviations%20-%20mostly.jpg Images: Given Name Handwriting Abbreviations – mostly] from John Empoliti uploaded to FamilySearch Community. Click on an image to enlarge.

*[https://web.archive.org/web/2016*/http://www.philatelicsannex.org/reference/A%20guide%20to%20handwriting.doc A Guide to Reading Old Handwriting in relation to Postal History] by <nowiki>allanoliver1937@msn.com</nowiki>, now an archived webpage at archive.org. A Click on the date March 30, 2016 to access, and note it is a download which you may need to locate in your downloads folder.

*[http://www.scottishhandwriting.com/ Scottish Handwriting] Website offering assistance in understanding historical documents written in Scotland in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. There is a weekly poser "Palaeography Poser" taken from an old manuscript which helps test your skills and which gives the site a fresh feel. (answers given!). With links to Tutorials, including a one hour basic tutorial on Secretary Hand. From National Records of Scotland.