CARLA CEGIELSKI “Mastering the Art of Reading Old Handwriting: Strategies for Success.”
Even though we have access to nerdy apps that read and transcribe old handwriting on deeds and wills, it’s not 100% accurate so we still need to build deciphering skills. Learning to read old handwriting can be time-consuming and requires patience. In this presentation, Carla will share several strategies for deciphering old handwriting.
BIO: Carla Cegielski, a familiar face for LCGS, is a full-time family history researcher specializing in Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, and West Virginia research. She has been providing professional research services to attorneys, historians, genealogists, hobbyists, and others since 2007. Carla is the author of the NGS course Reading Old Handwriting. She was also creator and coordinator of the 2021 Reading, Transcribing, and Abstracting Old Documents course at the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP)
Even though we have access to nerdy apps that read and transcribe old handwriting on deeds and wills, it’s not 100% accurate so we still need to build deciphering skills. Learning to read old handwriting can be time-consuming and requires patience. In this presentation, Carla will share several strategies for deciphering old handwriting.
BIO: Carla Cegielski, a familiar face for LCGS, is a full-time family history researcher specializing in Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, and West Virginia research. She has been providing professional research services to attorneys, historians, genealogists, hobbyists, and others since 2007. Carla is the author of the NGS course Reading Old Handwriting. She was also creator and coordinator of the 2021 Reading, Transcribing, and Abstracting Old Documents course at the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP).
