Palaeography (reading old handwriting) (General)
If anyone has some difficulty reading old wills and documents at the Records Office- and I think most of us do-on the National Archives site, there's good tutorials and lots of interactive exercises which I have only discovered today.(You all probably discovered them years ago!)
Go to NA Home - Research & Learning - Research guides - In-depth learning guides - Palaeography.It's great fun and very informative and helpful.
Expect you'll all be experts this time next week.
Palaeography (reading old handwriting)
Thanks for sharing Sue :-)
Palaeography, some suggested website links
Various Palaeography tutorial sites:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/
http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/conventions.html
http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/old-english-letters.htm
Dictionary of Old Occupations & Trades
http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/glossary/Dictionary-of-Old-Occupations-Index.html
Hope this helps, J