Each document - nearly 100 of them at various stages of complexity - appears with the author's transcription on a facing page, enabling the reader to check his own transcription. It explains techniques for reading early American documents provides samples of alphabets and letter forms defines terms and abbreviations commonly used in early American documents such as wills, deeds, and church records and, furthermore, presents numerous examples of early American records for the reader to work with. This book is designed to teach you how to read and understand the handwriting found in documents commonly used in genealogical research.
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