Books & Articles

English

• Alcock, N.W. Old Title Deeds: A Guide for Local and Family Historians, 2nd ed. West Sussex: Phillimore & Co., 2001. [BYU Lib.] 
• Barrett, John, and David Iredale. Discovering Old Handwriting. Buckinghamshire: Shire Publications, 1995. [BYU Lib.] 
• Beau-Chestne, Jehan, de. A Booke Containing Divers Sortes of Hands. Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1977 (Original 1571). 
• Cróinín, Dáibhí and David Ganz, translators. Latin Paleography: Antiquity & the Middle Ages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. [BYU Lib.] 
• Brown, Michelle P. The British Library Guide to Writing and Scripts: History and Techniques. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998. [BYU Lib.] 
• Buck, W.S.B., Examples of Handwriting, 1550-1650. London: Phillimore for the Society of Genealogists, 1973. [BYU Lib.] 
• Heimann, David and Richard Kay, translators. The Elements of Abbreviation in Medieval Latin Paleography. Lawrence: University of Kansas Libraries, 1982. 
• Chapman, Colin, How Heavy, How Much and How Long?: weights, money and other measures used by our ancestors. Dursey: Lochin Publishing, 1995.fsafdfasdfsdf 
• Clemens, Raymond, and Timothy Graham. Introduction to Manuscript Studies. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2007. 
• Denholm-Young, Noel, Handwriting in England and Wales. 2nd ed. Cardiff, Wales: University of Wales Press, 1864. [BYU Lib.] 
• Doyle, Kathleen and Scot McKendrick. 1000 Years of Royal Books and Manuscripts. London: The British Library, 2013. 
• Gooder, Eileen. A. Latin for Local History: An Introduction. 2nd ed. New York: Longman Group Limited, 1978. 
• Grannum, K., and Nigel Taylor. Wills and Other Probate Records. Surrey: The National Archives, 2004.  
• Grieve, H.E.P. Examples of English Handwriting 1150 – 1750. Essex: Essex Record Office Publications No. 21, 1954. 
• Hector, L.C. The Handwriting of English Documents. London: Edward Arnold publishing, 1958. [BYU Lib.] 
• Horwitz, Henry. Chancery Equity Records and Proceedings 1600–1800: A guide to documents in the Public Record Office. London: HMSO, 1995. 
• Ison, Alf. A Secretary Hand ABC Book. Berkshire: Berkshire Family History Society, 1982. [BYU Lib.] 
• Jackson, Donald. The Story of Writing. New York: Taplinger Publishing Co., 1981. [BYU Lib.] 
• Joyce, Irene Whalley. English Handwriting, 1540-1853. London: HMSO, 1969ondon: HMSO, 1969. [BYU Lib.] 
• Marshall, Hilary. Palaeography for Family and Local Historians. West Sussex: The History Press, 2004.  
• Martin, Charles Trice, The Record Interpreter: A Collection of Abbreviations, Latin Words and Names Used in English Historical Manuscripts and Records. London:  Kohler and Coombes, 1976. [BYU Lib.] 
• O’Neill, Timothy. The Irish hand: scribes and their manuscripts from the earliest times to the seventeenth century with an exemplar of Irish scripts. Cork: Cork University Press, 1984. 
• Preston, Jean F., and Laetita Yeandle. English Handwriting 1400–1650: An Introductory Manual. Binghamton: Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, 1992. 
• Ryskamp, George R. Mastering Spanish handwriting and documents, 1520-1820. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2023. [BYU Lib.] 
• Rycraft, Ann, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Handwriting. Series 1, 2 and 3. York: University of York, 1969. [BYU Lib.] 
• Scottish Handwriting 1500–1700: A self-help pack. Scottish Records Office, 2022. 
• Sperry, Kip. Reading early American Handwriting. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1998. [BYU Lib.] 
• Stuart, Denis. Latin for Local & Family Historians. West Sussex: Phillimore, 1995.  
• Stuart, Denis. Manorial Records: An introduction to their transcription and translation. West Sussex: Phillimore & Co., 1992. 
• Tarver, Anne. Church Court Records: An introduction for family and local historians. Sussex: Phillimore & Co., 1995. 
• Tate, W.E. The Parish Chest: A Study of the Records of Parochial Administration in England. 3rd ed. West Sussex: Phillimore & Co., 1969. 
• Thoyts, Emma, ‘How to Read Old Documents.” West Sussex: Phillimore & Co., 2001. [BYU Lib.]