from GENBRIT list:-

If you are really keen (or a glutton for punishment) there are twosites which might amuse.
At them, you can undertake online courses in early handwriting - withtests! Both are useful for Scottish handwriting and words (I've beenbattling away with some Scottish Wills from the 1600s).

English Handwriting:
http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/I've been working my way through this one. Loved the "Mermelate of Quinces".

Scottish Handwriting
:http://www.scottishhandwriting.com/content/
This one also offers a weekly poser.This week's one (from Argyll) isn't too bad One odd word was "Marty".
But had I gone to the online Scottish dictionary athttp://www.sldl.org.uk/I would have found it (and that it was restricted to Argyll)!
Judy


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