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===Greek Given Names=== | ===Greek Given Names=== | ||
A list of the most common Greek given names is also included, to help you recognize them when you see them handwritten in a document. For more given names visit the [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/img_auth.php/e/ec/Lica_Catsakis_13_Appendix_B%2C_Names%2C_English_Equivalents%2C_Namedays.pdf '''Family History Research in Greece, 3rd edition Appendix B.'''] | *A list of the most common Greek given names is also included, to help you recognize them when you see them handwritten in a document. | ||
**[[Media:Greek Given Name List 2.pdf|'''Several Greek Given Names in Handwriting''']] | |||
*For more given names visit the [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/img_auth.php/e/ec/Lica_Catsakis_13_Appendix_B%2C_Names%2C_English_Equivalents%2C_Namedays.pdf '''Family History Research in Greece, 3rd edition Appendix B.'''] | |||
===How to Use the Handwriting Samples=== | ===How to Use the Handwriting Samples=== | ||
Included here are samples of handwritten records of the 1800’s and 1700’s. Each record appears in two copies. One copy has over each handwritten word the word typed. The other copy has each letter typed. This will help you become familiar with the handwriting of the recorder. Some of these samples were chosen from vital records and some from electoral correspondence of the 1843-1865. This will help you become familiar with the handwriting of the person who wrote each letter, who was the clerk of a municipality acting also as recorder of vital records of the towns that belonged to this municipality. | Included here are samples of handwritten records of the 1800’s and 1700’s. Each record appears in two copies. One copy has over each handwritten word the word typed. The other copy has each letter typed. This will help you become familiar with the handwriting of the recorder. Some of these samples were chosen from vital records and some from electoral correspondence of the 1843-1865. This will help you become familiar with the handwriting of the person who wrote each letter, who was the clerk of a municipality acting also as recorder of vital records of the towns that belonged to this municipality. | ||