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Reading old writing
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Unknown | Report | 19 Feb 2006 23:46 |
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There's a tutorial on old writing (paleontology) on The National Archives website: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/default.htm My tip would be, if unable to read a census page or old document - find a word you can read and look for similar letters in what you are trying to decipher. nell |
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Sue in Somerset | Report | 19 Feb 2006 23:38 |
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There are some useful online tutorials in how to read old writing. I was lucky enough to go to a day course at my local Records Office a few years ago and they gave us lots of handouts to help but if you don't have anything like that near you these might help. Remove brackets. Sue http://homepages(.)rootsweb(.)com/~oel/handwriting(.)html http://www(.)english(.)cam(.)ac(.)uk/ceres/ehoc/ |
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