Resources for the handwriting
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 11:26 pm
- Reading Old Handwriting
This short article has some helpful hints and some very useful examples.
Sound familiar?Trying to decipher handwritten records can cause intense frustration, not to mention brutal eyestrain. Fortunately, it does get easier with practice!
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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". - 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...
