This week we tested your skills with 19th century handwriting and asked you to transcribe a list of names from testaments. Did you get them all right?

Transcription

1. Bryce Macmurdo Ranken
2. of the deceased Thomas M[a]cIlwraith
3. that the said James Inkster died at sea
4. Archibald MacQuilkan alias Wilkinson
5. Thomas Pollexfen Esquire of Cairston
6. Miss Grizel Clark
7. Mary M[a]cFadzean or M[a]cIlwraith after designed
8. Mrs Marion Cunningham or Skirving
9. of the Personal Estate of
Mrs Isabella Traill or Huring
10. Personal Estate of Anne Turnbull or Porteous


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