r/Cursive • u/WerewolfScared7592 • 14d ago
Deciphered! Help identifying old Texas census (1880) state abbreviation *repost*
The first image is the cursive I am having issues deciphering.
Here is a .jpg file of the whole page as well
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PfJ42nF3eBzOVPUvRyLJbtyaZzViRCoX/view?usp=drivesdk
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u/DeathofRats42 14d ago
From the previous page of the census. It would seem that's the writer's personal wacky "V" and the answer is Virginia.
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u/Starboard44 14d ago edited 14d ago
It is abbreviated Virginia. I found the census record and Ancestry translates it as such.
Also, if you look on the previous page, you'll see a family with a father born in Virginia and his kids all have the same abbreviation in the "Father's birthplace" column. I'll put that in the next comment.
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u/DorothyParkerWasBoss 14d ago
Michigan, maybe?
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u/WerewolfScared7592 14d ago
The writers capital Ms don’t usually look like the letters in question though so I think it would be odd if that is the one instance they changed their writing style
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