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The study of historical handwriting and inscriptions, including analysing and reading manuscripts.
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Techniques for reading poor or illegible images?
There is not going to be any one answer as each image is different and has different needs.
I use Photoshop but these comments should apply equally to other image editors like Photoshop Elements or G …
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Decipher cause of death 1924
It looks to me like 'Sept right forearm' which could be septicemia of the right forearm. It says that this was confirmed by Xray but he had had it for 5 years which is odd for septicemia so this may n …
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Decipher Writing (Philadelphia Street Address)
When trying to decipher handwriting like this it is useful to have a larger sample to work with. This enables looking at other entries and confirming how individual letter are written. It can also hel …
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October 2nd or 20th?
To me that looks like a D comparing it earlier on the same page where it is clearer and written in the same way so I think that it is the 2nd.
It is always useful in this type of case to look at ent …
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What is the Russian town in this census listing?
Looking at the full record page and seeing how the enumerator has written other words these are my thoughts.
The second character looks like a lower case G (line 1 and 44) the third character, if it …
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Does anyone know where Gilford, Yorkshire is / was?
I found the census entry below and I read the place of birth for William Thacker as Gilford, Yorkshire. I have been unable to find a location for this or anything similar.
Does anyone have any suggest …
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Can anyone decipher the name of this Royal Navy ship in Beruit in 1861?
Can anyone work out what the name of this ship is for me please it is from the 1861 census reference RG9/4441/232/30
Thanks for any suggestions
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