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Common Historic Conventions, Spellings, and Abbreviations
Freedmen's Bureau Staff Rosters, Style Sheets, and Abbreviations
External Sites and Resources:
- Genealogy Bank: Deciphering 19th Century Handwriting
- Ancestry.com: "Tips for Reading Old Handwriting"
- U.S. National Archives: Transcription Tips
- Legacy Tree Genealogists: "Five Tips for Deciphering Old Handwriting"
- "Figure Out That Word!" wordmine.info
