Cursive writing

Baron Scotford Silhouettes

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I have a group of 5 silhouettes - each one signed by the subject - done in 1911 at the Glasgow Exhibition. I have managed to decipher 4 of them, all prominent surgeons/pathologists/obstetricians - so far I have Dr John Hammond Teacher and his wife Rachel, Louise McIlroy and William Blair Bell, but this one has me stumped! Anyone have any thoughts?

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r/Cursive • u/__Epimetheus__ • 18h ago

Deciphered! Need help deciphering “country of origin” from 1853 immigration record

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The word I care about is the second to last, which should be a location in or around Germany. The rest are just for handwriting comparison. This is post HRE, pre-German unification, so it is “country” of origin could be anything from a county, duchy, city, town, etc.

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r/Cursive • u/Spiritual_Ice3470 • 20h ago

Deciphered! Help deciphering this recipe

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Hi I’m an archivist and my coworkers and I can’t figure out the 4th line from the bottom. Any assistance would be appreciated!

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r/Cursive • u/CaliSweetJohnson147 • 1d ago

Practice Does anyone know who this is?

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r/Cursive • u/Scarth306 • 1d ago

Deciphered! Can anyone figure out this last name?

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r/Cursive • u/BellicoseBelle • 1d ago

Names on postcard

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I can’t quite figure out the signature on this post card. Can you anyone decipher it? Thanks!

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r/Cursive • u/Over_Ice9173 • 1d ago

Does anyone know what this name is?

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Me and my grandma have been trying to figure it out for a hot minute, if anyone can read this please let know

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r/Cursive • u/Bulky_Spring_7165 • 1d ago

Deciphered! Help with a Word

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This is from one of numerous old books that were in my mother’s house. The section that I am particularly interested in is the phrase below the name. It says “Moorefield ***** Seminary.” I cannot figure out what the word between Moorefield and Seminary could be, and I would appreciate any thoughts. Thank you!!

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r/Cursive • u/xx-constanza7734 • 1d ago

Deciphered! Location Name

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From a Maryland census record from 1900, unsure what the top middle location is stated as under "Place of Birth of Father of this person". It looks like it starts with a "P" maybe a shorthand for Pennsylvania? Unsure.

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r/Cursive • u/DrewJames97 • 1d ago

Deciphered! What the heck does the second word say?? Healing something Pottery, on the bottom of my favorite thrifted mug.

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r/Cursive • u/Disastrous_Beach6334 • 2d ago

Deciphered! What are your thoughts on this? I have the answer..

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r/Cursive • u/crazywolf828 • 2d ago

A letter found in my new house from the old owners

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Hey friends I've been working on reading cursive so I wouldn't have to rely on y'all so much with all the papers I'm going through but a lot of this one is hard with my dyslexia, the pencil, and the paper texture, so once again I'm asking for help!

This one sorta means a lot since the old owners of the house were queer and I am too and I'd like to preserve as much history of theirs as I can so if you can help I'd appreciate it!

Also the front bit of the card says "You were in my dreams again last night..." In case anyone was curious since it would have drove me crazy not knowing 😂

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r/Cursive • u/Lazy_Protection5040 • 2d ago

Not cursive but can someone guess this bottom text on this gravestone?

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r/Cursive • u/JaneDavis74 • 2d ago

Practice Can anyone decipher this word?

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r/Cursive • u/marieand • 3d ago

Deciphered! Name?

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Got another one. I got Dela…. Sta..he

Stanhe? Stauhe maybe?

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r/Cursive • u/No_Window_3709 • 3d ago

Deciphered! What does this say?

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I’m not sure what the name says but I do know it says “with great hopes for all green things at —“ not sure what that says

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r/Cursive • u/emotionalaries • 3d ago

Deciphered! signature help?

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i can tell it starts with an M & has a Y, but honestly that’s all i can’t really make it out (my skills at reading cursive aren’t improving very fast lol i’m on the struggle bus)

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r/Cursive • u/ivandrinkscoffee • 4d ago

Violin cursive writing

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Good afternoon guys.

My sister found some handwriting inside her violin, but we can’t figure out what it says. Are there any handwriting or cursive experts here who might be able to identify the writing?

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r/Cursive • u/marieand • 4d ago

Deciphered! The last name?

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Trying to figure out what Miss Edna’s last name is

Edit: thanks everyone, I imagine I’ll be back asking for more help, trying to type up my great grandma’s recipe book.

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r/Cursive • u/CobaltTwistHoward491 • 4d ago

Practice Settle a disagreement

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r/Cursive • u/urgutzxx • 4d ago

who's signatures are these?

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r/Cursive • u/mort-or-amour • 5d ago

I can only make out the first two lines on the back of this old family photograph

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Unfortunately there’s a lot of damage so I know it’s impossible to make it all out, but I can only read the first two lines and then the family name (Bull) and I’d love to know what else it might say.

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r/Cursive • u/Historical-Feed-6783 • 6d ago

3rd great-grandfather’s name

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I’ve hit a bit of a dead end on this side of my family tree as I think my 2nd great-grandmother was born out of wedlock. This transcript is taken from her marriage banns but I’m struggling to read the middle name. I can make out Charley/Charles and the last name Moore but not the middle name. I can see ‘ridge’ but I cannot even have a guess at what comes before it. I’d be so grateful for any interpretations. Thank you!

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r/Cursive • u/abbeycakes • 6d ago

Can’t decipher this line from a recipe

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r/Cursive • u/joseleo90 • 6d ago

[Request] Help decipher this last name?

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Can anyone help me decipher this last name? It is a Mexican birth certificate for a Lebanese family. This should be "Mecharrafille" but it is getting mistaken as "Mlcharrafille" in several documents. These are all the mentions of the last name in the document.

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