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Handwriting Examples and Tools[edit | edit source]

Armenian Alphabet[edit | edit source]

Աա Բբ Գգ Դդ Եե Զզ Էէ Ըը Թթ Ժժ Իի Լլ Խխ Ծծ Կկ Հհ Ձձ Ղղ Ճճ Մմ Յյ Նն Շշ Ոո Չչ Պպ Ջջ Ռռ Սս Վվ Տտ Րր Ցց ՈՒու Փփ Քք և Օօ Ֆֆ

See pages 104-107 (images 108-111) for typed and handwritten examples of the Armenian alphabet. Note: The sounds and transliterations of the letters as used in the book are for Western Armenian. Some letter sounds will be different in Eastern Armenian.

The following romanization/transliteration table was used to create the English version of place names in the FamilySearch Catalog based on their Armenian names -- ALA-LC Romanization Table for Armenian Note: English place names referring to Armenian cities during the Russian Empire time-period were typically created based on the Russian version of the name. See the ALA-LC Romanization table for Russian.

Handwriting examples[edit | edit source]

See pages 108-119 (images 112-123) for examples of Armenian records with transcriptions and English translations.

Example Armenian Apostolic Church Marriage record:

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 The following romanization/transliteration table was used to create the English version of place names in the FamilySearch Catalog based on their Armenian names -- [https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/armenian.pdf ALA-LC Romanization Table for Armenian]
-Note: Place names referring to Armenian cities during the Russian Empire time-period were typically created based on the Russian version of the name. See the [https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/russian.pdf ALA-LC Romanization table for Russian].
+Note: English place names referring to Armenian cities during the Russian Empire time-period were typically created based on the Russian version of the name. See the [https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/russian.pdf ALA-LC Romanization table for Russian].
 == Handwriting examples ==