Reading handwritten documents can be one of the most challenging aspects of genealogical research. This webinar will offer five tips from a genealogical translator to help you make those hard to read words understandable.
Bryna O’Sullivan is a Connecticut based professional genealogist and French to English genealogical translator. As proprietor of Charter Oak Genealogy, she specializes i
Great Webinar clearly presented. Oftentimes things presented in these webinars are things we already know or have thought about, but never tried. Bryna gave us some great tips to get started.
I appreciate Bryna’s well organized webinar and her speech cadence and inflection. These elements made for a pleasant and efficient learning experience. Thank you!
What’s That Name? Tips for Finding Nicknames, Spelling Variants and Mangled Surnames
Names are a genealogist’s bread and butter. But how do you find your ancestors when they didn’t “go by” their proper names, or clerks mangled their names in the records or the transcriber couldn’t read the enumerator’s handwriting? These tips might help!
Names are a genealogist’s bread and butter. But how do you find your ancestors when they didn’t “go by” their proper names, or clerks mangled their names in the records or the transcriber couldn’t read the enumerator’s handwriting? These tips might help!
Genealogical researchers love old records, family bibles, baptismal certificates, and census pages. Transcribing a will or a deed can be a daunting task, especially when the writing instruments are pre-1800. Cursive handwriting from the 1600's up to the 1900's is often a challenge. Knowing a few tips to decipher...
Genealogical researchers love old records, family bibles, baptismal certificates, and census pages. Transcribing a will or a deed can be a daunting task, especially when the writing instruments are pre-1800. Cursive handwriting from the 1600's up to the 1900's is often a challenge. Knowing a few tips to decipher...
AHA! Analysis of Handwriting for Genealogical Research
This presentation will discuss the two main uses of handwriting analysis: 1) comparing signatures and handwriting in general to determine whether documents were written by the same person and 2) trying to understand the personality and behavior of a person by looking at the various traits of that person's handwriting.
This presentation will discuss the two main uses of handwriting analysis: 1) comparing signatures and handwriting in general to determine whether documents were written by the same person and 2) trying to understand the personality and behavior of a person by looking at the various traits of that person's handwriting.
Elizabeth Matson – the wife of Timothy Mather born 1711 or Timothy Mather born 1737?
Which Timothy Mather married Elizabeth Matson? An argument has long been made – based on a faulty entry in a Connecticut vital record book. Discovering the real answer requires taking a deep dive into Connecticut records, reviewing land, probate, militia commissions and more.
Which Timothy Mather married Elizabeth Matson? An argument has long been made – based on a faulty entry in a Connecticut vital record book. Discovering the real answer requires taking a deep dive into Connecticut records, reviewing land, probate, militia commissions and more.
Some colonial or early American ancestors migrated across multiple states in their lifetime. With limited numbers of records, how do you document their birth, marriage, and death? This program will discuss how building a timeline can help you determine that you're tracing the right ancestor and locate records such as a birth, marriage, or death.
This was part of the webinar, Celebrating 2,000 webinars! Plus 10 tips you can use today.
Some colonial or early American ancestors migrated across multiple states in their lifetime. With limited numbers of records, how do you document their birth, marriage, and death? This program will discuss how building a timeline can help you determine that you're tracing the right ancestor and locate records such as a birth, marriage, or death.
This was part of the webinar, Celebrating 2,000 webinars! Plus 10 tips you can use today.
Machine Translation: What is it and how do you use it effectively in your genealogy research?
If you’ve used Google Translate, DeepL, or Bing Translator, you’ve probably used machine translation. But do you know how it works and when it’s most helpful in your genealogy research? This brief TechZone will introduce the concept of machine translation, show some examples of how it works, and suggest when it should and should not be used in genealogy research.
If you’ve used Google Translate, DeepL, or Bing Translator, you’ve probably used machine translation. But do you know how it works and when it’s most helpful in your genealogy research? This brief TechZone will introduce the concept of machine translation, show some examples of how it works, and suggest when it should and should not be used in genealogy research.
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Great presentation. I wish I had this when I was taking my Paleography class. Gave me some ideas on how to work with difficult to read documents.
This is a good one
Great Webinar clearly presented. Oftentimes things presented in these webinars are things we already know or have thought about, but never tried. Bryna gave us some great tips to get started.
I appreciate Bryna’s well organized webinar and her speech cadence and inflection. These elements made for a pleasant and efficient learning experience. Thank you!
Thank you so much I will try to establish those tips on archive documents in Russian and Yiddish languages. Best Regards. Ola
Great webinar, brought up good tips on diciphering handwriting.
Good presentation with many fine examples for a difficult subject.
Good tips. I have used most of these tips over the 40 years that I have been doing genealogy, but it is nice to be reminded of techniques to try.