You know, you don't even have to leave the 20th century to find that Capital F's and Capital I's were far more ornate than they are today, and the handwriting could easily be confused one for another. When I'm faced with telling some of these letters apart, I compare other pages written by the same hand, until I can clearly understand the handwriting. It was probably crystal clear what it meant when it was written... changes of style in cursive script happens faster than you realize. And that's just the "recognized" style they teach in schools. Handwriting after school age, of course ... isn't graded anymore, and we all know what THOSE changes can look like ::grin:: deb - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - deb Christensen (deb_msn@msn.com) Graphics Connection Forum http://www.computingcentral.com/topics/graphics/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <TAZEQ@aol.com> To: <GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 5:53 PM Subject: [GenWisconsin] W.F. and WI > In a message dated 7/12/00 6:08:58 PM Central Daylight Time, > GenWisconsin-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > > Anyone recognize the W.F. as somehow meaning something about Wisconsin? > > > > All help is appreciated. > > > > Cheryl Baker > > > > > Hi Cheryl, > > Is it possible that the instance of 'bad handwriting' is to blame here as > well? With an 'olde' script, it could be conceivable that the "F" is > actually an "I", making the WF actually WI. > > Just a thought, > > Candy > > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== > >