French Handwriting
Many resources exist that will help you read French records. One of these is the Reading Handwritten Records Series of free online classes available at FamilySearch. It includes tutorials on
Another resource is the French Records Extraction Manual, with this linked Table of Contents. You will be able to practice on actual documents.
FRENCH RECORDS EXTRACTION MANUAL
Chapter 2: PARISH CHRISTENING AND CIVIL BIRTH ENTRIES
Chapter 5: FRENCH HANDWRITING AND SPELLING
Chapter 6: NAME IDENTIFICATION
Chapter 9: PUTTING IT ALL INTO PRACTICE (Practice Activities)
Section One
Section Two
Section Three
Section Four
Section Five
Section Six: Answers
APPENDIX A: FRENCH OCCUPATIONS LIST
APPENDIX B: COMMON ABBREVIATIONS