Resources for the handwriting

[Randi]

• Reading Old Handwriting
  This short article has some helpful hints and some very useful examples.

  Trying to decipher handwritten records can cause intense frustration, not to mention brutal eyestrain. Fortunately, it does get easier with practice!
  ...
  Capital "L" and "S" are hard to tell apart, especially in unfamiliar names.
  Capital "I" and "J" are often indistinguishable.
  Double-s may look like "fs" or even "ps".
  Decorative loops and flourishes can mimic other letters such as small "e".

  Sound familiar?
• Tips for Reading Old Handwriting from Ancestry.com
• Georgia Archives: Reading and Interpreting Handwriting
• Anagram Solver
  If you can read some of the letters and guess the length of the word this may be helpful.
• Palaeography: reading old handwriting 1500 - 1800
  This is of limited use for the current ships, but maybe in the future...

[Randi]

Beware the 'long s'!


At Sea. Making passage to "Yokohama"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s

[pommystuart]

Oh, the dreaded longs
I seems it has been around since the 8th century.
I wonder who thought up the stupid (in my opinion) use of the long s?