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Making sense of old handwriting

Easy Interactive Exercises


General Instructions

These short exercises will correct as you type.

  • If you make a mistake, the letters will turn red; simply delete what you’ve typed until the letters turn back to black
  • Try again to decipher the letter you previously transcribed incorrectly.
  • As you read materials and work through longer exercises on this site you’ll become more familiar with letters that you do not yet recognize – so come back to this page often to test your improvement.

Transcribing Instructions

  • Leave ampersands (&) in place.
  • Transcribe the thorn as th not y.
  • Do not follow lineation of the original.
  • Do not expand abbreviations, type only what you see.

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Introduction
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