Reading Early American Handwriting

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Genealogical Publishing Com, 1998 - 289 halaman
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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Reading Early American Handwriting
1
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
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