| #474129 in Books | Genealogical Publishing Company | 2002-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.99 x.5 x5.00l,.11 | File type: PDF | 26 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Not what I thought I ordered...|By Donna Albanese|I must have not read the description well (which is unusual for me), but 3/4 of the book deals with religion and parables. Only 20 or so pages, (at the end), actually contends with understanding and reading/writing Colonial Handwriting. Not too pleased. Not because I do not like religion, but it wasn't what I thought I ordered.
In genealogical research it is all very well to locate original records, but to read them correctly is another matter altogether. Few people know this better than Harriet Stryker-Rodda who, after years of experience searching through colonial records, has developed a simple technique for reading colonial handwriting. In this handy little book, Mrs. Stryker-Rodda presents examples of colonial letter forms and script, showing the letter forms in the process of development...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Understanding Colonial Handwriting | Harriet Stryker-Rodda. Just read it with an open mind because none of us really know.
