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*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/ England & Wales Handwriting 1500 to 1800] (click on links on '''upper left''' side of page) - The National Archives | *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/ England & Wales Handwriting 1500 to 1800] (click on links on '''upper left''' side of page) - The National Archives | ||
*[https://script.byu.edu/ | *[https://script.byu.edu/english-handwriting/introduction Tutorial on Reading English Script] - Brigham Young University website | ||
*[http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/ English Handwriting 1500-1700] | *[http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/ English Handwriting 1500-1700] | ||
*[https://script.byu.edu/Pages/the-english-documents-pages/en-alphabet Alphabets and tutorials for English handwriting] - Brightam Young University Website | *[https://script.byu.edu/Pages/the-english-documents-pages/en-alphabet Alphabets and tutorials for English handwriting] - Brightam Young University Website | ||
Revision as of 11:26, 1 August 2023
Access online tutorials and helps for reading the handwriting in old English records at the following web sites:
- England & Wales Handwriting 1500 to 1800 (click on links on upper left side of page) - The National Archives
- Tutorial on Reading English Script - Brigham Young University website
- English Handwriting 1500-1700
- Alphabets and tutorials for English handwriting - Brightam Young University Website
- Scottish handwriting in 16th-18th century documents
- Latin (click on the link at bottom of page)
- English, German, Dutch, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese (the non-English tutorials are presented in both English and in the native language) - Brigham Young University Website
- Upload and read old Handwriting RootsChat Deciphering Handwriting Help. (Free).
- Thoyts, E. E. How to Decipher and Study Old Documents. London: Elliot Stock, 1893. Digital images on 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 Cyndi's List - Handwriting & Script or by doing a search on Google for terms such as handwriting, paleography, or Old English with the term England.