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*[https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/96 Reading English Handwritten Records] from [https://www.familysearch.org/ask/landing?search=Getting%20Started&show=lessons&message=true FamilySearch Learning Center]. Covers "Secretary Hand" used in the 1500s and 1600s. The videos may also be viewed using Chrome as a browser, in addition to the browsers specified.
 
*[https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/96 Reading English Handwritten Records] from [https://www.familysearch.org/ask/landing?search=Getting%20Started&show=lessons&message=true FamilySearch Learning Center]. Covers "Secretary Hand" used in the 1500s and 1600s. The videos may also be viewed using Chrome as a browser, in addition to the browsers specified.
 
:[https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/help/handwriting#!/lang=en&title=Alphabet%20(Secretary%20Hand) Handwriting Helps: English], a FamilySearch indexing Help page
 
:[https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/help/handwriting#!/lang=en&title=Alphabet%20(Secretary%20Hand) Handwriting Helps: English], a FamilySearch indexing Help page
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:[https://community.familysearch.org/s/contentdocument/0693A000006zlRCQAY?language=en_US Images: Given Name Handwriting Abbreviations – mostly]  from John Empoliti  uploaded to FamilySearch Community. Click on an image to enlarge.
 
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180417171920/http://www.niarchive.org/directory/uploads/8872c70b-e26a-47d5-8d9d-7c1180106d61/Copperplate_Victorian%20Handwriting.pdf Copperplate Victorian Hand Writing] Causeway Museum Service, now an archived webpage.
 
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180417171920/http://www.niarchive.org/directory/uploads/8872c70b-e26a-47d5-8d9d-7c1180106d61/Copperplate_Victorian%20Handwriting.pdf Copperplate Victorian Hand Writing] Causeway Museum Service, now an archived webpage.
 
*[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>. A download which you may need to locate in your downloads folder.
 
*[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>. A download which you may need to locate in your downloads folder.

Revision as of 22:34, 22 October 2020

The technical term for reading old handwriting is palaeography.

In order to transcribe handwritten records accurately, the family historian needs to develop some skill in this area.

Useful websites

Handwriting Helps: English, a FamilySearch indexing Help page
Images: Given Name Handwriting Abbreviations – mostly from John Empoliti uploaded to FamilySearch Community. Click on an image to enlarge.