Hi Carole, That's very kind of you. I wouldn't want to impose on anyone on the list. How about this - I will puzzle through as much as I can, and once I get stuck I'll send out a note with the image and the question(s) I have? It's too much to ask folks to plow through 35-40 lines of text without some guidance. That will take me some time. The will from 1618 fills up most of a page of parchment, so will be challenging. I haven't looked too closely at the 1580 will yet. I really appreciate your offer of help. Warmly, Tony On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 7:15 PM, carole williams <carolewill28@hotmail.com>wrote: > 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 > > > >