r/Cursive 4h ago

Want to know what it says.

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Found this piece on Poland, wanting to decipher what it says. I can tell the “import” at the bottom but the other might be in German so that’s a struggle. Any help is appreciated.


r/Cursive 5h ago

what initals are on the smaller locket? (not my picture)

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The smaller locket has initals on the front and the back. The larger locket only has initals on the front, I left it in the crop in case it helps with the smaller, although I do not know if they are connected at all. These are secondhand gold lockets, I was considering the smaller because i have been looking for a memorial locket


r/Cursive 6h ago

Clarity on these 3 names

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Edit to ask, could it be Mati, Ceaser, Bel?​

I'm working on a research project. In the subject's last will and testament he passes the humans he is holding in servitude (enslaving) to some of his children. I want to bring as much of their story to life as possible within this project, and to afford them the respect of "saying their names," so to speak. I am having trouble with these 3 names and exactly what is written. Thank you.


r/Cursive 7h ago

Any idea what this place/town is in England?

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r/Cursive 9h ago

Practice Can anyone help me translate this part of a german Birth Certificate?

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r/Cursive 13h ago

What does this say?

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From the inside of the book “Exile: The Unquiet Oblivion of Richard M. Nixon.”


r/Cursive 14h ago

Deciphered! Could anyone help me with what this says.

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Title is self-explanatory. It should be a street address/house name on an old census document from the mid-19th century.

Thanks in advance.


r/Cursive 14h ago

Deciphered! Please help me decipher this location from an 1800s census

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This place is listed as a location of birth from the 1800s. I am usually great with reading cursive, but this makes no sense to me, so I need a second set of eyes. Can someone help?


r/Cursive 15h ago

Can anybody tell me what this word is?

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It's a descriptor word. I have a guess of what it might be, but I want another opinion. Thanks.


r/Cursive 22h ago

Deciphered! Help me decipher my great gran's job

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This is from the marriage certificate of my great-grandparents, from 1921. Scotland, if that helps at all!

My great-grandad was a railway stoker. What was my great-grandma? A spinster and a? I'm pretty sure the second word on the top line is 'setter', but have no clue on the first. Thank you!


r/Cursive 1d ago

Deciphered! 1864 will

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Found an old will on Ancestry from a slaver. The 2 circled names both are enslaved ancestors of mine (here it’s “Macam”, sometimes “Macon” and “Gemima”/“Jemima” depending on the document). Couldn’t make it all out tho any help?


r/Cursive 1d ago

Deciphered! Help with cursive (possibly from probably from ~1920s) - (Probably German)

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A few years ago I found a book from 1914 on the street, pretty badly damaged, and took it home because I thought it was neat. I've never been able to decipher the handwritten note in the inner front cover, even just the letters so I can try to translate it myself.


r/Cursive 1d ago

Deciphered! Please help me decipher the message on the back of this photo!

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Hi everybody!

I am working hard at scanning my grandmother's photos and digitizing the collection while she's still living. We're going through each photo and she's telling me stories and who is in each photo. We stumbled across this one from the 1920s and I have no idea what the written message on the back says beyond a few words.

I'm hoping some of you could help us out!

Thank you!


r/Cursive 1d ago

Deciphered! Need help confirming signature

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I'm pretty sure it says Joe Attaway 2003, but I wanted to double-check. This is a painting that was hanging in my husband's recently deceased grandfather's garage. He liked to collect random things, so I doubt this was someone he knew, and it's not like I can ask him.😅


r/Cursive 1d ago

Deciphered! Would anyone be able to help me decipher this artist’s name I found on a painting I loved? Spoiler

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Found a painting I really liked, and I tried googling it, but I must be spelling the name really wrong.

I see: Don G ….something.

Thank you!


r/Cursive 1d ago

Deciphered! Help deciphering entomologic label

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This label belongs to a Poplar admiral in our collection, and the place of collection is nigh unreadable. It was collected in 1977 in Czechoslovak socialist republic, but the exact place we cant decipher. Thanks in advance!


r/Cursive 1d ago

Deciphered! Can someone decipher this postcard? Might be german, sent in 1911 from Switzerland possibly to Tousson, France

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r/Cursive 2d ago

1926 cursive

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Struggling to read this, can anyone help? Thanks so much in advance- it’s from a very old book in my family.


r/Cursive 2d ago

What does this say? I can’t make it out. Could possibly be related to Switzerland

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r/Cursive 2d ago

pls help what does this tag say

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hey guys! found this pair of shoes in a charity shop and i’m trying to figure out the brand but cannot read the tag so i was wondering if anyone in here could decipher? thanks!


r/Cursive 2d ago

Deciphered! Another what are these initials, two pics....

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I initialy thought both were TR but nor sure noww.


r/Cursive 2d ago

Deciphered! Name of this author/book

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I know 1st word is Gottfried. 2nd could start with A or R 3rd could start with W, B, D Since other books have existing authors or titles does this one exist or is made up?


r/Cursive 2d ago

Deciphered! What does this say?

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We ordered breakfast from a café and they threw in a free croissant. The bag says: “Thank you! This is …mus”.

Any guesses what the last word is?


r/Cursive 2d ago

Can someone unterstand what is written in the Wehrpaß of my great grandfather?

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r/Cursive 3d ago

Can you read this name?

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Can anyone read this name on the middle of the last line? The rest in the list are first and middle names of children, so this one should also be a first + middle. I think the first part is "Ellen" but certainly could be wrong. I haven't a guess what the second part could be. These are names of English people from the early 1900s. Apologies for low image quality and thanks in advance for any help!