One Quick Handwriting Transcription Challenge Every Day-for the genealogist in you
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Witnessing a Relinquishment in 1861
This individual witnessed the widow's relinquishment mentioned in yesterday's post from the 1860s in Indiana.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Mother's Relinqishment
This individual witnessed the relinquishment his mother signed in Indiana in 1861 regarding his father's estate. This is the best scan I could get.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Wayne County Native Signs His Card
This 46-year old Wayne County, Missouri, native signed his World War 2 draft card in Ogle County, Illinois.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Wish He Had Filled Out the Form
This German native applied for a passport in Nebraska in 1909. His handwriting is much better than the person who actually filled out the form.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Returning to Visit my Swiss Relatives
This Swiss native was born in 1862 and obtained his passport in 1922 in Davenport, Iowa. Indicating he was going to Switzerland to visit relations, it was too bad he wasn't specific about where he was born or the villages to where he was going.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
From Denver--to Tioka
This undated postcard signature is most likely from the 1870s or 1880s and was sent from Denver, Illinois, to Tioka (Tioga), Illinois.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
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Now, back to the handwriting...
Now, back to the handwriting...
Pennsylvania Native Gets Passport in Chicago
This Pennsylvania native was living in Chicago and working as an executive when he applied for a passport in 1919.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Signing My Employment Card
This English native signed his employment record for the Pullman Car Company in Chicago in about 1909. He was born in County Cumberland in the 1840s.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Requesting My Age
This individual wrote a letter in1951 requesting to know what age he had used when he applied for a homestead in Alberta, Canada forty-some years earlier.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Yeah She Marked XXX
This German native witnessed his neighbor's will in 1903 and this signature is testifying to that in court recods. The testator was only able to write her name as "XXX"
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
My Kin Paid Me Back
This signature comes from the release of a mortgage in 1897. This German native signed the release which was written right on the courthouse copy of the mortgage. Regular readers of Casefile Clues will recognize this name.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
A Warsaw Appraisal in the 1850s
The signature of one of the appraisers from an estate in Warsaw, Illinois, in the 1850s. Sometimes that "smooth and flowing" handwriting is difficult to read.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Farming Outside Basco
This 45-year-old farmer was living in Basco, Hancock County, Illinois, when he registered for the World War II draft.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Emden Native Registers
This 55 year old native of Emden, Germany, registered for the World War 2 draft in Illinois in 1942.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
No Widow for the Award
This is one of the appraisers from a 1918 estate appraisal in Illinois--there was no widow's award in this case as there was no widow.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Justice of the Peace on the Estate Appraisal
This is Justice of the Peace in front of whom the estate appraisers from the past two days made out their appraisal.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Another Estate Appraiser from 1850s
This signature was for an estate appraisal in 1856--the same estate as yesterday.And again, this one was in German.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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