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:

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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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