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Thursday, March 6, 2014

FAMILYSEARCH INDEXING - READING EARLY AMERICAN HANDWRITTING

I have just started back indexing for FamilySearch after a long break and am having a great time.  Sometimes the handwriting on some of the records can be very hard to read.  The screen shot below shows part of a marriage record from Tennessee in 1884.  The two names shown are the names of the groom and bride.  I know the groom's name is J. Goodloe from looking at surrounding documents and census records(even though it does not look like it).  The brides first name is Sarah, but I have no idea what her maiden name is other that it starts with B.  How about some help - you can send a comment by clicking on "no comment" at the bottom of this blog post.  Hint - remember the groom's surname is Goodloe.


Happy ancestor hunting.

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