HELP!!!!! with handwriting

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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 253 Send Message	Rus&	Report	5 Oct 2003 13:19
	Does anyone know of anything that is available to help me decipher handwriting on certificates.I have tried and tried and now my eyes are cock-eyed from looking lol any help or advice warmly welcomed kaz
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 43 Send Message	Neil	Report	5 Oct 2003 13:24
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 43 Send Message	Kaz I think the best way is often to ask someone else. I have had a lot of help from other researchers in local studies libraries, often because they have spent the last few years reading this type of handwriting. If you can get a pdf file to me I can take a look, if you would like. Best wishes Neil
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 2,364 Send Message	Carol	Report	5 Oct 2003 13:25
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 2,364 Send Message	Go to the ancestry co uk site, then click for 1891 census. On the left there is a handwriting help.
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 485 Send Message	shropgirl	Report	5 Oct 2003 20:40
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 485 Send Message	Try enlarging the part with your scanner, and also compare other letters which you know is right. Joan