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Bibliography

Useful Works on Paleography

  • Cappelli, Adriano, (Author), David Heimann and Richard Kay (Translators). Elements of Abbreviation in Medieval Latin Paleography .University of Kansas Libraries, 1982.
  • Major Genealogical Record Sources of France. (Series G No. 1, revised) Salt Lake City, 1976.)
  • French Records Extraction. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: Salt Lake City, Utah, 1981.
  • Genealogical Word Lists: French and Latin. Salt Lake City, Utah, 1992-1995.
  • Jouniaux, Leo. Genealogia: Pratique. Methode. Recherche. Editions Arthaud: Paris, 1991.
  • Marie, Alain. Lire Les Archives Notarials. 1987.
  • Pontet, Patrick. Family History Research in France. Andover, England, 1997.
  • Renaud, M. Hyacinthe.  Paléographie Française ou Méthode de Lecture des Manuscrits Français du XIIIe au XVIIe Siègle Inclusivement.  Rochefort: Imprimerie Ch. Thèze, 1860.
  • Tarragon,  Roland de. Lire les Ecritures anciennes du XVe au XVIIIe siècle : Exemples et formes de lettres, abréviations, mots et phrases d'après des originaux, actes des Archives notariales, et d'état-civil. (livre et cd-rom), Editions Créer, 2005.
  • La genealogie, histoire et pratique. Paris: References Larousse, 1992.
  • The Origin and Development of Humanistic Script. Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura: Roma, 1960.

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