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From: "Sandra Ferguson" <>
Subject: reading documents
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 23:13:48 -0400
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When in doubt, particularly about a capital letter, I always hunt through
the census, or what-have-you, for a name that I can be sure of the spelling,
and look to see how the capital letter is formed...that's a big help in
detemining things for me. (this did NOT work for me in my foray into
English parish records of the 1600s. I kid you not - I could not see one
recognizable letter I was absolutely sure of, and actually couldn't tell,
without some studying, which way was up for the whole page.....!)

S.

" This is a common one- those capital S and L's look incredibly alike. I
often have to look over several pages of the handwriting of the individual
to make sure I have it right."

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