| #200942 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 easily download any file type for your gadget.Understanding Colonial Handwriting | Harriet Stryker-Rodda. Just read it with an open mind because none of us really know.
