Deciphering Older Writing


Older English and Latin handwriting
Tutorial about Paleography: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/

English Documents in Latin: http://www.bibliographics.com/PALAEOG-lite/HECTOR.htm

BEGINNERS' LATIN Introduction to the problems you may find with Latin vocabulary and grammar in British documents from 1086-1733: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/latin/beginners/reference/default.htm

Deciphering Old Handwriting in Genealogy: http://amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/oldhand.html

How to Read 18th Century British-American Writing: http://www.dohistory.org/on_your_own/toolkit/writing.html

Martha Ballard's Diary Online: http://www.dohistory.org/diary/
   Story of a midwife's life and career; examples of handwriting

Book Palaeography for Family and Local Historians by Hilary Marshall, pub.: Phillimore & Co., Ltd., 2004, Chichester, West Sussex England. http://www.phillimore.co.uk

Book Latin for Local and Family Historians: A Beginner's Guide Denis Stuart, pub.: Phillimore & Co., Ltd., 1995, reprinted 2000. http://www.phillimore.co.uk
Old German Script
Sample letters: http://www.mun.ca/rels/morav/pics/tutor/mscript2.html

Old German handwritten scripts: http://www.genealogienetz.de/misc/scripts.html

Samples of Old Script Alphabets: http://patsabin.com/colleton/documents.html

Free! Handwriting Guide: German Gothic Resource Guide: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=German_Gothic99-36316.ASP
(or go to http://familysearch.org, click the 'View maps, forms, guides, and other research helps' link, and then 'G', and scroll down to Germany)

Write your name in Suetterlin (or any other word or phrase): http://www.suetterlinschrift.de/Englisch/Write_your_name.htm

German 'Transcribe Group': http://www.rootsweb.com/~deutg/

e-Transcriptum: http://e-transcriptum.net/

Professional translators: http://www.redwing.net/~jakeschu/welcome.html

Cyndislist - Handwriting & Script: http://www.cyndislist.com/handwrit.htm

Book - If I Can You Can Decipher Germanic Records: http://pages.prodigy.net/tjbentz/GERMANIC.HTM

Book - Deciphering Gothic Records: http://www.cybertrails.com/~fdearden/page2.html

Links - Help with Old Handwriting: http://www.island.net/~andreav/writing.htm


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