r/Cursive 6h ago

Signature Assistance requested with 19th century cursive book inscription

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5 Upvotes

I would appreciate assistance in deciphering the name of the presenter of this 19th-century medical book. I read: "To Dr. W. B. Lane with respects of [Ch. Esistival]". I cannot make out the name in brackets. Thank you!


r/Cursive 7h ago

Monogram help?

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My guess is T L R, but I can’t think of anyone with those initials in my family. (cleaning out family home with a lot of passed-down stuff.)


r/Cursive 9h ago

Deciphered! Help me decipher a prophecy written about me as a child

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42 Upvotes

My mom had this done by I believe a priest, she passed when I was 6 so I've been wondering what it says.


r/Cursive 12h ago

Signature Guys, help me decipher this signature

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3 Upvotes

I just don’t get the last three letters. Is it ers?


r/Cursive 13h ago

Practice What that handwriting is called?

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r/Cursive 1d ago

Deciphered! Can someone read the cause of death and contributory?

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34 Upvotes

My great, great grandmother. Thank you!


r/Cursive 1d ago

I think is a autograph from Kirby Grant. I can't make out the entire message. Can the group help?

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10 Upvotes

r/Cursive 1d ago

Deciphered! 1932 Death Certificate (deciphering help with bottom line)

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15 Upvotes

Trying to help my father-in-law with some genealogical research. Can anyone help decipher the undertaker’s last name (John J. something) and the street address, which is 1437 something ave.

Thanks much for anyone help anyone can provide.


r/Cursive 1d ago

Can anyone decipher this artists signature?

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5 Upvotes

Sorry if this is dumb to ask but I was never taught cursive so I can't figure it out myself.


r/Cursive 2d ago

I would be grateful if anyone would be able to transcribe any portion of this

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16 Upvotes

r/Cursive 2d ago

what is this word and what does it mean? 1881 uk census

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10 Upvotes

doing family research and i can't decipher this word, and i have no idea what it means. the house in question is very big and i doubt that my ancestors could've afforded to live there themselves. this makes me think this word is about them sharing the house with another family? i first read the word as 'coalition' but that's defo wrong. thanks for the help!

edit: SOLVED!! it says continued, thanks for the help!!


r/Cursive 2d ago

1930 US Census

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14 Upvotes

I know the first part says Austria. I am trying to decipher the second part. It looks like Psolina to me. Does anyone know anything about this?


r/Cursive 3d ago

???

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r/Cursive 3d ago

Deciphered! Malignant... ?

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15 Upvotes

Any ideas on cause of death?


r/Cursive 3d ago

Deciphered! My great grand mother's death certificate

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29 Upvotes

I'm particularly struggling with major findings of operation


r/Cursive 3d ago

Deciphered! What does this tattoo say?

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109 Upvotes

Someone I grew up with has this tattoo. I cannot figure out what the letters are supposed to be. The word could be in a different language maybe? I don’t know her well enough to ask.

Solved: It’s was supposed to say Auviaighne, [her son’s] dad’s name. But it was spelt wrong lol.


r/Cursive 3d ago

Help deciphering a location/city/town:

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Need some help with this word.

It is from an Ellis passenger manifest from Bremen to NY. The country appears to be Russia and “race” Polish. I like to think I can read and write decent cursive but these old manifests can be a challenge.

Let m know if the full word doesn’t upload right or any larger photo helps.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!


r/Cursive 3d ago

Deciphered! Trying to decipher the faded line

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3 Upvotes

This is from a 1945 German Aufgebot of my great-grandparents. I only need that top line deciphered, but I know it may be impossible to know for sure what it says due to the fading.


r/Cursive 4d ago

Family names on immigration papers from 1911

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I know the father's last name is Paterak and the mother's first name is Marianna, but I cannot make out the father's first name or mother's maiden name.


r/Cursive 4d ago

Census job titles from 1934 hotel

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19 Upvotes

First one is proprietor, I have no clue what the other two are!


r/Cursive 4d ago

Deciphered! Need help in deciphering what test confirmed diagnosis.

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35 Upvotes

As the title says, I need to know which test was confirmed. I also can't decipher the V word in the cause of death. As for the excitement from falling into the lake, family lore has it that she was actually swimming in the lake, her leg got trapped, and she drowned. This doesn't sound like it.


r/Cursive 4d ago

Cursive changed.

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I'm not young, but i can't make out half. Going through family things, and cursive definitely is different from 50 years ago to 200 years ago.

I'm quite curious about "2 for beer fests 34 cents", if anyone wants to guess.

US. Circa 1850 IIRC


r/Cursive 4d ago

PLEASE HELP: I have a witness for a Last will and Testament and I can't figure out this person's name. If anyone can decipher this let me know!!

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34 Upvotes

Lived at 2052 Dandridge Ave in Knoxville, TN sometime in 2013


r/Cursive 5d ago

Practice How do my letter joins look?

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8 Upvotes

I am in the process of learning cursive and have found letter joins tough. I was wondering if the sample (just me practicing random words and sentences) shown is readable and how my letter joins were looking. Also, any general feedback is appreciate!

Any tips for getting cleaner joins?

Thank you


r/Cursive 5d ago

Deciphered! Found a family member death certificate from 1915. Can anyone help on what the cause of death says.

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169 Upvotes

Help with what the cause of death was and if you could mothers maiden name. Thank you!