Reading Early American Handwriting

Reading Early American Handwriting

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; defines terms and abbreviations commonly used in early American documents such as wills, deeds, and church records; and, furthermore, presents numerous examples of early American records for the reader to work with. Each document--nearly 100 of them at various stages of complexity--appears with the author's transcription on a facing page, enabling the reader to check his own transcription. Also covered in the work, with particular emphasis on handwriting, are numbers and roman numerals, dates and the change from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar, abbreviations and contractions, and standard terms found in early American records.
Country USA
Brand Genealogical Publishing Company
Manufacturer Genealogical Publishing Company
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780806308463
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780806308463
ReleaseDate 2008-03-01

Country	USA
Brand	Genealogical Publishing Company
Manufacturer	Genealogical Publishing Company
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780806308463
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780806308463
ReleaseDate	2008-03-01

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