Sloppy handwriting

I used to have very nice handwriting--looking back (didn't think so then), but years of keyboarding have pretty much ruined that. Can't attribute it to anything more grand. My mother didn't care much for her handwriting because in the 1920s her father thought it should be more calligraphic. But I love looking at her old letters just to see the distinctive handwriting. Can't imagine that old e-mails will be the same for those of you who have no hand written letters from your Mom. One treasure I have is a letter my mom wrote in 1929 as a teenager to a girlfriend (whose family passed it along to our family).

Scottish handwriting website

I expect to see my DH on this site any day.

The primary purpose of this site is to provide online tuition in palaeography (reading old handwriting) in the context of early modern Scottish historical documents. It is aimed mainly at those whose research involves reading Scottish historical records written in the period 1500-1750,although some assistance is given with 19th century writing too.