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Transcription<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-custom mega-menu-item-object-custom mega-menu-item-has-children mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-6747\" id=\"mega-menu-item-6747\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"http:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/tipsandtricks-main\/tipsandtricks-diseases\/\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\">Understanding Old Records<span class=\"mega-indicator\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a>\n<ul class=\"mega-sub-menu\">\n<li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-6799\" id=\"mega-menu-item-6799\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/tipsandtricks-datesandages\/\">Dates and Ages<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-6748\" id=\"mega-menu-item-6748\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/tipsandtricks-main\/tipsandtricks-diseases\/\">Diseases<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-6730\" id=\"mega-menu-item-6730\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/tipsandtricks-main\/tipsandtricks-interpretingoldrecords\/\">Interpreting Old Records<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-6732\" id=\"mega-menu-item-6732\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/tipsandtricks-main\/tipsandtricks-namingconventions\/\">Naming Conventions<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 16px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-6\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/tipsandtricks-main\/tipsandtricks-diseases\/\">\u2190Read Previous<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-6\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/tipsandtricks-main\/tipsandtricks-namingconventions\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Next\u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 17px; padding-bottom: 2px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 col-lg-4\">\n<h1 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Interpreting Old Records<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #776277;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 col-lg-8\" style=\"padding: 0% 1.5% 0% 3%;\">\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"\">Interpreting Old Handwriting<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\">Older handwriting can be confusing and at times difficult to read. Some issues are:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>\u201cS\u201d and \u201cL\u201d are very similar in some forms of handwriting.<\/li>\n<li>\u201css\u201d often appears as \u201cff\u201d in older handwriting.<\/li>\n<li>Abbreviations are used for names or words.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\">Figuring out what a document is saying by:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>Looking for other words that have similar letters and see if you can determine those words. Often you can find another name or a common word in a sentence that will help you interpret specific letters or letter combinations.<\/li>\n<li>Looking up abbreviations as you encounter them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"\">Finding Locations<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\">The location of birth in census records is sometimes in error. It depends on who talked to the census taker. The person\u2019s state of birth or their parents\u2019 state of birth may be incorrect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">State and county boundaries changed. For instance, what was in Virginia at one time may have later been Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">State abbreviations that are sometimes confused:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>\u201cIa\u201d and \u201cPa\u201d (Iowa and Pennsylvania)<\/li>\n<li>The Ditto\/Also abbreviation sometimes looks like \u201cIa\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\">County names show up in several states and the family may have moved from a county in one state to a county with the same name in another state. Take care to get the state correct. Records may have assumed the local county when in fact the person was referring to the county in their home state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">County\/State\/Town names can be the same and can cause confusion. For instance, if a census taker asked where someone was from and they said, \u201cOhio.\u201d They might have meant the county or town instead of the state, which results in unexplained data in the records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 16px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-6\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/tipsandtricks-main\/tipsandtricks-diseases\/\">\u2190Read Previous<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-6\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/tipsandtricks-main\/tipsandtricks-namingconventions\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Next\u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190Read Previous Read Next\u2192 Interpreting Old Records &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Interpreting Old Handwriting Older handwriting can be confusing and at times difficult to read. 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