Online Tuition in the Palaeography of Scottish Documents

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The Scottish Handwriting site is maintained by the National Records of Scotland
 

Welcome to Scottish Handwriting.com, the website offering online tuition in palaeography for historians, genealogists and other researchers who have problems reading manuscript historical records written in Scotland in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.

The emphasis of the website is on practical help to improve the palaeographical skills, rather than on the academic study of Scottish handwriting.

 

18th Century woodcut illustration, showing lawyers writing a will
mouse icon Interactive Tutorials
  Test your palaeography skills with our interactive tutorials.
   
disc icon Coaching Manual
  Use our coaching manual to help you decipher documents.
 
Weekly Poser Site Updates

Refresh your skills with our short palaeography posers.

Latest weekly poser added 17 May 2012.

 

 

 

 

Ever wondered how to read testaments but found it too daunting? With our new 18th Century Testaments Tutorial, we'll teach you how to read and understand them so you need be daunted no more.