Online Tuition in the Palaeography of Scottish Documents

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

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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.

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  Test your palaeography skills with our interactive tutorials.
   
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  Use our coaching manual to help you read and make sense of historical documents.

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Keep practicing your palaeography skills regularly by answering one of our posers (arranged by types of record or date).

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Stumped by a particular word or letter? Try our Problem Solver.