Deciphering Handwriting at a Glance Concentrating on trying to decipher old, foreign and/or illegible handwriting in your genealogical documents can be frustrating. We're all familiar with the power of our peripheral vision capturing an image or a piece of information. Sometimes by setting the difficult document to the side and glancing at it with your peripheral vision, you may be able to make out that cryptic writing. Another way to try to read is to turn it upside down. Another perspective might help you see the information in a new way and solve your deciphering dilemma.

One suggestion I got from a dedicated photographer and user of PhotoShop Scan the document and then, using PHotoshop tools, play around with color levels and contrasts. > From: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 12:40:37 EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOGreene] Deciphering Handwriting at a Glance Hint > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 09:41:12 -0700 > > Deciphering Handwriting at a Glance > > Concentrating on trying to decipher old, foreign and/or > illegible handwriting in your genealogical documents can be > frustrating. We're all familiar with the power of our > peripheral vision capturing an image or a piece of > information. Sometimes by setting the difficult document to > the side and glancing at it with your peripheral vision, > you may be able to make out that cryptic writing. Another > way to try to read is to turn it upside down. Another > perspective might help you see the information in a new way > and solve your deciphering dilemma. > > > > > ==== MOGREENE Mailing List ==== > Your Greene County Website (MOGenWeb): > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mogreene/gcpage.htm > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > > ============================== > Browse the MOGREENE-L archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MOGREENE > >