I am new to genealogy research and so the mistakes I'm making are teaching me a lot. However, it's also costing me a log. LOL! I purchased three Wills from the National Archives of London, each date to the early 1600's. It never occured to me that these things would be in Old English, or "court hand." So, I spent all that money and can't read what I've purchased. I need some assistance in some way. I have looked at numerous websites that are supposed to give tutoirals, etc.. I still can't make heads or tails out of them. Any suggestions? I'm open to anyone's suggestions who have more experience than I do with this stuff. Thanks for your consideration. Tom Atkinson Union City, TN. USA
I think there is a tutorial on the Old English site itself that you may find useful. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: <thomasvatkinsonjr@charter.net> To: <OLD-ENGLISH@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 5:31 AM Subject: [OEL] Questions from a Newbee >I am new to genealogy research and so the mistakes I'm making are teaching >me a lot. However, it's also costing me a log. LOL! > > I purchased three Wills from the National Archives of London, each date to > the early 1600's. It never occured to me that these things would be in > Old English, or "court hand." So, I spent all that money and can't read > what I've purchased. I need some assistance in some way. I have looked > at numerous websites that are supposed to give tutoirals, etc.. I still > can't make heads or tails out of them. > > Any suggestions? I'm open to anyone's suggestions who have more > experience than I do with this stuff. Thanks for your consideration. > > Tom Atkinson > Union City, TN. USA > > > ==================================== > WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OLD-ENGLISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.10/1905 - Release Date: 20/01/2009 14:34