عنوان

Reading early American handwriting /

(Number (ISBN

080630846X

(Number (ISBN

9780806308463

Title Proper

Reading early American handwriting /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Kip Sperry.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Baltimore, MD. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1998.

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©1998

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

ix, 289 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

28 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-100).

Text of Note

Reading early American handwriting -- Guidelines for reading old documents -- Abbreviations and contractions -- Terms -- Numbers and Roman numerals -- Dates and the calendar change -- Sample alphabets and handwriting styles -- Accreditation and certification -- Appendix A: Using archives and record repositories -- Appendix B: The Internet and compact discs -- Documents and transcriptions.

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Text of Note

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.

English language-- United States-- Writing-- History.

Paleography, American.

English language-- Writing.

Geschichte 1600-1900.

Handwriting.

Paleography, American.

Schrift

United States.

USA.

United States, Handwriting.

United States.

USA.

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Edition

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Book number

Sperry, Kip

Date of Transaction

20200822132256.0

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