Hi Carole, Thank you very much for the suggestion. Document 2 on this site is a will with similar handwriting, and the stock phrases indicated seem to appear in Randle's will from 1618. Hooray! This will help a great deal. Thanks again. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. Cheers, Tony On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 5:47 PM, carole williams <carolewill28@hotmail.com>wrote: > Hi Tony > > Try The National Archives website tutorials on this: > > http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/ > > Good luck, Carole > > > > Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 17:39:39 -0500 > > From: tonyvernon4@gmail.com > > To: cheshire@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [CHS] Decoding early English wills > > > > > Hello, > > > > I have found wills for two potential ancestors of mine, who died in 1580 > > and 1618. I am making some progress with the first will, with a site > > called paleo-Norman that has a period alphabet page. It is still > > difficult. Does anyone have suggestions on paleography resources to > > assist? Please let me know. > > > > Cheers, > > Tony Vernon > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Tony So pleased it has helped you already. The best book I've read on palaeography is chapter 2 in 'Further Steps in Family History' by Eve McLaughlin ISBN 1-85306-062-3. I have the 1990 edition, reprinted 1995. You may be able to buy a copy from Amazon. Good luck, Carole Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:55:02 -0500 Subject: Re: [CHS] Decoding early English wills From: tonyvernon4@gmail.com To: carolewill28@hotmail.com CC: cheshire@rootsweb.com Hi Carole, Thank you very much for the suggestion. Document 2 on this site is a will with similar handwriting, and the stock phrases indicated seem to appear in Randle's will from 1618. Hooray! This will help a great deal. Thanks again. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. Cheers, Tony On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 5:47 PM, carole williams <carolewill28@hotmail.com> wrote: Hi Tony Try The National Archives website tutorials on this: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/ Good luck, Carole > Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 17:39:39 -0500 > From: tonyvernon4@gmail.com > To: cheshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CHS] Decoding early English wills > > Hello, > > I have found wills for two potential ancestors of mine, who died in 1580 > and 1618. I am making some progress with the first will, with a site > called paleo-Norman that has a period alphabet page. It is still > difficult. Does anyone have suggestions on paleography resources to > assist? Please let me know. > > Cheers, > Tony Vernon > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Carole, Good old Amazon found a used copy for a very cheap price. It's on the way. Hopefully I'll be able to puzzle out these wills with the websites and the book. Thanks again for your help! Cheers, Tony On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 7:02 PM, carole williams <carolewill28@hotmail.com>wrote: > Hi Tony > > So pleased it has helped you already. > > The best book I've read on palaeography is chapter 2 in 'Further Steps in > Family History' by Eve McLaughlin ISBN 1-85306-062-3. I have the > 1990 edition, reprinted 1995. You may be able to buy a copy from Amazon. > > Good luck, Carole > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:55:02 -0500 > Subject: Re: [CHS] Decoding early English wills > From: tonyvernon4@gmail.com > To: carolewill28@hotmail.com > CC: cheshire@rootsweb.com > > > Hi Carole, > > Thank you very much for the suggestion. Document 2 on this site is a will > with similar handwriting, and the stock phrases indicated seem to appear in > Randle's will from 1618. Hooray! This will help a great deal. Thanks > again. > > Any other suggestions would be appreciated. > > Cheers, > Tony > > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 5:47 PM, carole williams <carolewill28@hotmail.com > > wrote: > > Hi Tony > > Try The National Archives website tutorials on this: > > http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/ > > Good luck, Carole > > > > Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 17:39:39 -0500 > > From: tonyvernon4@gmail.com > > To: cheshire@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [CHS] Decoding early English wills > > > > > Hello, > > > > I have found wills for two potential ancestors of mine, who died in 1580 > > and 1618. I am making some progress with the first will, with a site > > called paleo-Norman that has a period alphabet page. It is still > > difficult. Does anyone have suggestions on paleography resources to > > assist? Please let me know. > > > > Cheers, > > Tony Vernon > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Great! Maybe... if you could scan or photograph a specific part, you could either upload it by attaching it to or copy-pasting it in to your message, we could try to transcribe it for you on-line... But maybe the mailing list can't handle this idea... I've used it on a genealogy group site on Facebook to get others' views on a census entry. Carole Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 19:08:37 -0500 Subject: Re: [CHS] Decoding early English wills From: tonyvernon4@gmail.com To: carolewill28@hotmail.com CC: cheshire@rootsweb.com Hi Carole, Good old Amazon found a used copy for a very cheap price. It's on the way. Hopefully I'll be able to puzzle out these wills with the websites and the book. Thanks again for your help! Cheers, Tony On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 7:02 PM, carole williams <carolewill28@hotmail.com> wrote: Hi Tony So pleased it has helped you already. The best book I've read on palaeography is chapter 2 in 'Further Steps in Family History' by Eve McLaughlin ISBN 1-85306-062-3. I have the 1990 edition, reprinted 1995. You may be able to buy a copy from Amazon. Good luck, Carole Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:55:02 -0500 Subject: Re: [CHS] Decoding early English wills From: tonyvernon4@gmail.com To: carolewill28@hotmail.com CC: cheshire@rootsweb.com Hi Carole, Thank you very much for the suggestion. Document 2 on this site is a will with similar handwriting, and the stock phrases indicated seem to appear in Randle's will from 1618. Hooray! This will help a great deal. Thanks again. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. Cheers, Tony On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 5:47 PM, carole williams <carolewill28@hotmail.com> wrote: Hi Tony Try The National Archives website tutorials on this: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/ Good luck, Carole > Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 17:39:39 -0500 > From: tonyvernon4@gmail.com > To: cheshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CHS] Decoding early English wills > > Hello, > > I have found wills for two potential ancestors of mine, who died in 1580 > and 1618. I am making some progress with the first will, with a site > called paleo-Norman that has a period alphabet page. It is still > difficult. Does anyone have suggestions on paleography resources to > assist? Please let me know. > > Cheers, > Tony Vernon > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message