Online Helps for Reading Old English Handwriting: Difference between revisions

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Addresses of web pages that have tutorials on reading the old handwriting.

The following web sites have tutorials and helps for teaching you how to read the old handwriting in English records:

http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/

www.jaydax.co.uk

www.scottishhandwriting.com

Other web sites can be found by going to www.cyndislist.com/handwrit.htm or by doing a search on Google for terms such as handwriting, paleography, or Old English with the term England.

Another article that will help with reading old handwriting is Online Tutorial on Reading Old Handwriting from England and Wales 1500 to 1800

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-Access online tutorials and helps for reading the handwriting in old English records at the following web sites:
+Addresses of web pages that have tutorials on reading the old handwriting.
-*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/ England &amp; Wales Handwriting 1500 to 1800]&nbsp; (click on links on '''upper left''' side of page) - The National Archives
+The following web sites have tutorials and helps for teaching you how to read the old handwriting in English records:
-*[https://script.byu.edu/english-handwriting/introduction Tutorial on Reading English Script] - Brigham Young University website
-*[https://script.byu.edu/english-handwriting/alphabet/alphabet-chart Alphabets and tutorials for English handwriting] - Brigham Young University Website
-*[http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/ English Handwriting 1500-1700] - Cambridge University
-*[http://www.scottishhandwriting.com Scottish handwriting in 16th-18th century documents]
-*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/ Latin] (click on the link at '''bottom''' of page)
-*[http://script.byu.edu/ English, German, Dutch, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese]&nbsp;(the non-English tutorials are presented in both English and in the native language) - Brigham Young University Website
-*Upload and read old Handwriting [http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?board=425.0 RootsChat Deciphering Handwriting Help. (Free)].
-*Thoyts, E. E. ''How to Decipher and Study Old Documents.'' London: Elliot Stock, 1893. Digital images on ''[https://archive.org/details/keytofamilydeedc00thoy Internet Archive]''. Note the chart on page 134 of Set Chancery, Common Chancery, Court Hand, and Secretary Stuart Period letter forms.
-Other web sites can be found by going to [http://www.cyndislist.com/handwrit.htm Cyndi's List - Handwriting &amp; Script] or by doing a search on Google for terms such as handwriting, paleography, or Old English with the term England.
+http://paleo.anglo-norman.org/
-[[Category:England Language and Handwriting]]
+http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/
-[[Category:Language and Handwriting]]
-[[Category:Wales Language and Handwriting]]
+[http://www.jaydax.co.uk www.jaydax.co.uk]
-[[Category:Language and Handwriting]]
-[[Category:Handwriting]]
+[http://www.scottishhandwriting.com www.scottishhandwriting.com]
-[[Category:Scotland Language and Handwriting]]
-[[Category:Language and Handwriting]]
+Other web sites can be found by going to [http://www.cyndislist.com/handwrit.htm www.cyndislist.com/handwrit.htm] or by doing a search on Google for terms such as handwriting, paleography, or Old English with the term England.<br>
+Another article that will help with reading old handwriting is [[Online Tutorial on Reading Old Handwriting from England and Wales 1500 to 1800]]<br>