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• How to Read Local Archives 1550-1700 by F. G. Emmison 942 G3em Page 12 is a
will that is good for learning to read the handwriting. There is a translation with
it.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Dawson, Giles E. and Kennedy-Skipton, Laetitia. Elizabethan Handwriting 1500-1650
(Faber and Faber, London, 1968). FHL book 942 A8eh.
Emmison, F. G. How to Read Local Archives 1550-1700 (The Historical Association 1967).
FHL book 942 G3em.
Gardner, David and Frank Smith. Genealogical Research in England and Wales (Bookcraft,
Salt Lake City, 1964) Volume III. FHL book 929.142 G172g Vol. 3.
Hector, L. C. The Handwriting of English Documents (Edward Arnold, London, 1958).
FHL book 942 G3h.
Hoskin, P. M., Slinn, S. L., Webb, C. C. Reading the past: sixteenth and seventeenth century
English handwriting : facsimilies, transcripts & reading notes. (Peasholme Green,
York : University of York, Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, c2001).
FHL book 942 G3hpm
Ison, Alf. A Secretary Hand ABC Book (Author, Reading, 1982). FHL book 942 G3i
Munby, Lionel. Reading Tudor and Stuart Handwriting (Phillimore & Co. Ltd. for the
British Association for Local History, Chichester, Sussex, 1988). FHL book 942
G3ml
Preston, Jean F. and Laetitia Yeandle. English Handwriting 1400-1650: An Introductory
Manual (Pegasus Press, Ashville, North Carolina, 1999). FHL book 942 G37p
1999.
You can buy some of these online. Try www.genfair.co.uk or www.amazon.co.uk.
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