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Family History Club

Family History Club. Palaeography for family historians Tips and Sources of Information. Family History Club Palaeography session. Study of handwriting Genealogists may need to read a number of different types of document while researching their family tree: Wills Inventories

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Family History Club

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  1. Family History Club Palaeography for family historians Tips and Sources of Information

  2. Family History ClubPalaeography session • Study of handwriting • Genealogists may need to read a number of different types of document while researching their family tree: • Wills • Inventories • Census records • Land agreements – indentures • Diaries, letters, notes etc

  3. A few tips: • Write down your transcription as you go along – start a new line where the scribe does – it will be easier to read again and compare later • If you are really stuck on a word have a look at the words around it for use of the same letters • Look at alphabet guides for the period of the document you are looking at – they really help! • If you are stuck it’s often useful to go away and come back to it in a while – or get someone else to have a look.

  4. A few common problems • Shortened words – if you notice a word has a line above it, it may have been shortened by the scribe e.g: • Lower case “c”’s and “r”’s can be indistinguishable and “i”’s, “n”’s “m”s, “u”s” and “w”’s often just appear as single lines

  5. Web sites • The National Archives palaeography guide • http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/ • Deciphering Old Handwriting - From a genealogy course taught by Sabina J. Murray • http://www.amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/oldhand • Early English Handwriting • http://www.btinternet.com/~tylcoat/handwrit.htm • An introduction to palaeography • http://paleo.anglo-norman.org/ • Palaeography – Reading early writing • http://www.jaydax.co.uk/genlinks/palaeography.html • Some notes on Medieval English Genealogy • (Scroll down to: Links and bibliography for handwriting and language) • http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/guide/hand.shtml • Glossary of Latin words • http://comp.uark.edu/~mreynold/recint1.htm • Scottish handwriting.com • http://www.scottishhandwriting.com/content/ • Historical auxiliary sciences – palaeography • http://www.vl-ghw.lmu.de/palaeographie_en.html • Medieval handwriting • http://www.medievalwriting.50megs.com/ • 1891 London census transcription – handwriting analysis • http://www.census1891.com/hand.htm

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