Reading Early American Handwriting

by Kip Sperry

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780806308463
Publisher:	Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/08/2009
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	8.23(w) x 11.06(h) x 0.65(d)

Editorial Reviews

Particularly addressed to people doing genealogical research, who often search out documents such as wills, deeds, and church records that have never been printed. Provides samples of alphabets and letter forms, defines terms and abbreviations commonly used in early American documents, presents nearly 100 examples to practice on, and considers numbers and the change from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. The underlying goal is for readers to become adept by studying and transcribing documents letter-by-letter and word-by-word. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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