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There are a multitude of places to find handwriting help
when you are researching or indexing old handwriting. Here are a few places to look for help while you are working:
Link to PDF Copy of the book:
Examples of Handwriting 1550-1650 compiled by W.S.B.Buck:
www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/File:Old_English_Handwriting_1550-1650.txt2.pdf
Language Resources and Handwriting Helps
FamilySearch can help you understand those hard-to-read records.
www.familysearch.org/indexing/help/handwriting#!/lang=en&title=Alphabet%20(Secretary%20Hand)
script.byu.edu/Pages/Paleography/en/Introduction.aspx
www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/alphabets.html
www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/
support.ancestry.com/s/article/Tips-for-Reading-Old-Handwriting
support.ancestry.com/s/article/Understanding-Old-Handwriting-4151
archive.org/details/courthandrestor00wrig/page/n43
archive.org/details/keytofamilydeedc00thoy/page/134
web.archive.org/web/20120509022051/http://www.genealogia.fi/faq/faq031e.htm
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Home
Handouts
Archiving and Preservation
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Preserving Family Treasures
SAVE THE BOX
What do I DO with the STUFF?
Personal History Debate/ Laying Out Page
Avoiding Digital Disasters
Clues to Identifying Photos
Gathering THE STUFF
Interviews
Photo Organization
Memory Jogger ?s for Writing Personal Histories
More on Archiving--The Good, The Bad and The Terrible
Scanning Photos and Documents
Journaling in a Jiffy
Secrets/ Not Overwhelmed by Family History
Beginning Research Checklist
Evaluating Information
Family History: 15 Minutes at a Time
Going Digital with your Genealogy
Limiting Internet Searches
Ordinances Ready as a Starting Point
Organize to Fit the Way YOU Think
Personal Research Toolbox
Family History Notetaking
Web-site Project
Top Favorites
General Sites
Cemeteries/ Death Records
Census
Immigration, Emigration and Migration Records
Land Records- United States
LDS Websites
Libraries
Location Specific
>
United States
State Specific
Other Countries
Maps/ Address & Phone Numbers
Military Records
Newspapers
Other 'Web-Site Projects'
Search Engines
Toolbox
Good to Know Basics
>
Good to Know-Basics
Finding YOUR Best Place to Work
Census Records
Clues--Finding Missing Family
Computer and Tech Basics
OCR & Online Searches
Ocupsyshun Census Taker
Relationship Chart
Research Checklist
FamilySearch.org
>
Good To Know-FamilySearch
Tree Connect: Adding Sources from Outside FamilySearch
Browse Records-FamilySearch
Find/ Add People in FamilySearch
No Image? Maybe There Is One
RelativeFinder.org
Apps & Links
>
BYU Family History Labs
Reference Article Links
SPECIAL EVENTS INFO:
>
2020 Handouts
2019 Fair Handouts
2018 Fair Handouts
Getting Started for True Beginners
Consultants
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Strengthen Teaching Skills
Teaching Tools
Save the Box
Scanning, VHS and Cassette Tapes
Handwriting Helps
Photos and Stories
Scanning Multiple Photos/ Same Time
Scanner Hints
Charts and Blank Forms
Relationship Chart
Articles, Tutorials & Classes