Reading Early American HandwritingGenealogical Publishing Com, 1998 - 289 էջ This book is designed to teach you how to read and understand the handwriting found in documents commonly used in genealogical research. It explains techniques for reading early American documents, provides samples of alphabets and letter forms, and defines terms and abbreviations commonly used in early American documents such as wills, deeds, and church records. |
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Guidelines for Reading Old Documents | 7 |
Abbreviations and Contractions | 19 |
Terms | 27 |
Numbers and Roman Numerals | 33 |
Dates and the Calendar Change | 39 |
Sample Alphabets and Handwriting Styles | 43 |
Accreditation and Certification | 55 |
Using Archives and Record Repositories | 61 |
The Internet and Compact Discs | 65 |
Bibliography | 73 |
Documents and Transcriptions | 101 |
Common terms and phrases
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