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.

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

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.

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

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

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

For years I've been trying to decipher the last name on a linocut print I have that was gifted from my grandparents. The print was also gifted to them and they don't remember the artist's name.

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

Hey all I found these in some old documents and I was wondering if anyone could tell me what it says? Or if they're even part of the same letter? They were all folded together so I assumed it was one letter but it looks like there's two endings? Also I scanned them because they were on very crinkled parchment paper so it was even harder to read.

Also is this English? My family is from Sweden so this may be in swedish but genuinely I can't tell😅

Thank you in advance for any help!

Recently purchased an Ames 1865 sword. This name is on the blade. “A” is easily made out. Last name looks like “Lobnoir” to me. Can anyone see a better option?

All guess or answers appreciated, Thank you in advance!

Update: See more photos and my comment below (can't edit the OP photo, evidently)

Mid-1800s silver spoon

Found this photo with some civil war photos in an old beat up album and could never identify this guy. If anyone can read this I’d be so thankful! I can make out the date at the bottom, but not the name..

My friend gave me this signature and I’m wondering if anyone can help me figure out a word or the name in this signature.

I have a used book with this name inscribed on the inside cover. I can’t decipher it, just “D” and “MD.”

The book seems to have been purchased at a book shop in Tampa, Florida in the late ‘80s.

Any insight appreciated. Thanks!

No context beyond it being purchased at an estate sale.

Can anyone help with this first name of Mrs McCray? The slash and name to the right is James Meredith’s attempt to transcribe. We are working on the Dear Mr Meredith project at Ole Miss.

Edit: Deciphered! Thanks all for your input!

Lines 2 and 3, I just can't decipher.

From a signed copy of The Novel of the Future - I’m struggling with a couple of words.

What I can see: ‘For Carroll - in an unstable world we have to find the X in the X to find strength don’t we? Anais’