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*[httphttps://wwwsupport.ancestry.co.uk/css/article/SatelliteTips-for-Reading-Old-Handwriting?c=Learning_C&childpagename=UKLearningCenter%2FLearning_C%2FPageDefault&pagename=LearningWrapper&cidlang=1265124794715 Understanding en-GB Tips for reading old handwriting] Help & Advice Centre, Ancestry*[https://www.findmypast.com/blog/help/tips-for 11 Tips For Reading Old Handwriting] findmypast blog.*[https://archivesoutside.records.nsw.gov.au/useful-tips-for-reading-handwritten-documents/ Useful Tips for Reading Handwritten Documents] NSW Government State Archives and Records website

*[https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenteren/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-read-elizabethan-secretary-hand Tips and resources for reading Elizabethan secretary hand] Article Id: 1497 April 20, 2020. FamilySearch Help. "Secretary hand" developed in Europe during the early 16th century (1500s) as an easily legible style of handwriting for court and other government business.:[https://resultswww.familysearch.html?qorg/indexing/help/handwriting#!/lang=en&title=Alphabet%22Reading20(Secretary%20English%20Handwritten%20Records%22 Reading 20Hand) Handwriting Helps: English Handwritten Records] from , a FamilySearch indexing Help page, with links to a Guide.:[https://familysearchweb.archive.org/learningcenterweb/20211217020420im_/https://us.v-cdn.net/6032564/uploads/attachments/home0683A000007SxXBQA0_Given%20Name%20Handwriting%20Abbreviations%20-%20mostly.html jpg Images: Given Name Handwriting Abbreviations – mostly] from John Empoliti uploaded to FamilySearch Learning Center]Community. Click on an image to enlarge. Covers "Secretary Hand" used in the 1500s and 1600s*[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/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. 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*[http://www.scottishhandwriting.com/ Scottish Handwriting] Website offering assistance in understanding historical documents written in Scotland in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.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.*[https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cursive+alphabets&client=firefox-b&dcr=0&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjot66z1uTZAhWE6qQKHQ1dAc0QsAQISQ&biw=1366&bih=654 Examples of different handwriting styles] Google Search*[https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/ English Handwriting Online 1500-1700: an online course], with links to 28 Lessons, with difficulty rating 1 to 5, based on documents from Cambridge University Colleges, with transcriptions provided. A CERES COPIA project (Cambridge English Renaissance Electronic Service (CERES)).