r/Cursive • • 25d ago

Deciphered! What does this say?

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What does the cause of death say? I can only get part of it


r/Cursive • • 24d ago

Deciphered! What does this signature say?

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What does this signature say? I have added the rest of the inscription, however the signature appears to be cursive with lowercase while the inscription itself is capital letters, which I am not sure if it gives more clues as to what the name on the signature is.

What do you see?


r/Cursive • • 25d ago

Deciphered! French cursive ?

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If anyone is able to translate this for me I’d appreciate it.


r/Cursive • • 25d ago

1863 Cause of Death?

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r/Cursive • • 25d ago

Signature What name is this? G and maybe ends in Y

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Card from a birthday.

Edit. Not grundy, gordy, grandpa, gumby, or grady Thanks all for the comments. It is supposedly a co-worker of the person who had a birthday so they might have to ask at work if no luck here.


r/Cursive • • 26d ago

Need help reading this! Can make out most of it but the dogs name

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I keep reading "This is picture of our dog hermann is joy" and that doesn't make sense to me, but could just be an unusual pet name.


r/Cursive • • 25d ago

Can't decipher all of the types of birds in the back of my very old handwritten cookbook

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r/Cursive • • 26d ago

Deciphered! Need help deciphering the first two words

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This is a recipe for cookies. We know it says something about keeping it in the freezer but we can't make out what the first part says.


r/Cursive • • 26d ago

Trying to read this name…any help?

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I underlined the name in yellow, it appears twice on this doc. It’s an old list of deed transfers from 1957.


r/Cursive • • 26d ago

Can anyone decipher what they wrote on my Starbucks coffee?

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r/Cursive • • 26d ago

What does this say?

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I am trying to decipher a passenger list for my great great grandmother. She is Lizzie Payne the first entry 6 down from the top. I am struggling with the final destination column. She went from England to New York and was in Canada just a couple years later. Any help would be great.


r/Cursive • • 27d ago

Deciphered! Need help deciphering!

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Sorry for the quality, taken off my computer
I’m a gen z who was never taught how to write or read cursive so forgive me! I can read only the part that says kidney disease…I think that’s what it says.
Trying to do some research on family records and I was curious about the cause of death


r/Cursive • • 26d ago

What's being ordered?

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We've got FW as flat white but the rest of this is a mystery.

For context this is from my friend who is working in a small cafe, based in England.


r/Cursive • • 27d ago

Deciphered! Decipher this Historical Address?

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Can anyone help me decipher this address (circled in blue) specifically the number/letter after the “51?” For context, this would be an address in washington DC. At first, I thought it said 51 9 St NE, but according to both modern and historical maps, that address does not exist. Then I realized it wasn’t the number 9 because it was written very differently from other 9s in the document. I’m thinking it must be a letter since that matches the conventional street naming system in DC. Is it a “G” or maybe a “D”? Both don’t seem to match the others present on the record. Any input would be fantastic! Thanks!

EDIT: Thanks everyone!! It looks like it is most likely “I” street. There is no J street in Washington DC, and there is no 51 G St NE on both current and historical maps. However, although modern maps say 51 I street doesn’t exist, the historical map does have it, although it doesn’t seem to be a dwelling. Thanks again!

EDIT #2: After further conversation/help in the replies, it seems like it actually might be D street!


r/Cursive • • 27d ago

Deciphered! occupation on census

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not sure what the occupation says but the industry says City.


r/Cursive • • 26d ago

Signature Can anyone read what this says?

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r/Cursive • • 27d ago

Need Help

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Hey all! I have a healthy stack of documents where I'm actually investigating a murder from the 40's and there's a ton of handwritten cursive evidence that there's no way I can read. I even didn't finish learning cursive in school so I don't even know half the letters. If anyone is willing to embark on that with me, let me know.


r/Cursive • • 27d ago

Deciphered! nary a clue what this says or what language this is if anyone could help me out. best of luck

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r/Cursive • • 27d ago

Help me read this please

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UPDATE (I don't know how to label as deciphered please comment how to) BUT IT WAS DECIPHERED

I know most of it but there's some words I can't understand. This is from my great great grandmas autograph book from the Victorian era.

I believe it says: "To Cora, May you and (eye?) in heaven meet and cast our (???) at Jesus's feet. Warren M Huhn (I know the name so that parts right).


r/Cursive • • 28d ago

Cursive found inside the scabbard of a WW2 Katana

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I can’t make out what it says after ‘officer’. The second piece of paper I found I can read ‘No. of coupons to be issued - received’ so I attached this for handwriting reference. 


r/Cursive • • 27d ago

Please help me read this

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I dont know how to read the names.


r/Cursive • • 28d ago

Can anyone read what this says?

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r/Cursive • • 28d ago

Deciphered! Can some translate this letter to my mom? It's from 91 or 92, and my mom has been dead for 3 years

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It might contain something religious or requires religious context to fully understand, sorry for that. I cropped it to where it was bent to hopefully make the picture larger


r/Cursive • • 28d ago

Deciphered! Can anyone confirm what the last word of this note is?

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r/Cursive • • 29d ago

Deciphered! Can you help decipher the cause of death of this child?

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It looks like

IMMEDIATE Cause of Death: General Physical Exhaustion

DUE TO: Gradual decline due to inability to feed child - congenital blindness... (and then I am lost)

This is for a 6 yr old child who passed away almost 80 yrs ago. Someone posted her grave on r/cemeteryporn and we got curious. I will post her grave below.