I’ve noticed that having difficulty reading cursive has been a topic of debate for a lot of folks here. Many being surprised that some have trouble reading cursive. I myself, having graduated high school in 2017, was not taught cursive throughout all of my schooling. I did take the time to learn and teach myself to read cursive since then as I spend a large amount of time transcribing old letters as a hobby, so it was a requirement for me. But it made me wonder how many others here may not have been taught cursive in school. I’m really curious to see the results. Feel free to have some respectful discussions about in down in the comments.

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Hi I'm trying to transcribe an account book from I think around the 16th century but this symbol keeps appearing and I can't figure out what it means, its used both in the sentence and as a number, these are some examples of it. For context, it could be an X but the 'x' appears differently elsewhere in the text. Don't think it's a 2 either as they are quite clear elsewhere. Does anyone have a clue?

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this one looks like i before and s after? it must be roman numeral or something but I cant tell what.

Hello all. I'm looking for help deciphering the name of the town on the second line below the "634" written in red. I believe it's in Ireland. Thank you!

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Hi everyone. I am trying to transcribe some my psychiatric history/medication history that is in hard to read handwriting. I really need the records as I experienced malpractice that has cause permanent disability and am trying to link the damage to certain medications mentioned. Obviously the records contain personal information so I would prefer to DM over sharing below. Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you.

This was found on an East German M10M bag.

I'm thinking "deforresh" but it's a rather unusual last name tbh (Searching "deforresh" on google (with the quotations), I found a death record with someone with the last name "deforresh" but nothing other than that).

note: ignore the "Lauderdale" (it's only the station name). The name in question is the one on the far left.

If anyone has ideas what the two sixes on the left "Deforresh?" also mean, lmk (IF they are even sixes in the first place)

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Trying to determine what exactly the name is where the red arrow points. The death record states “son of (name) and (above name) both natives of Bavaria”. Thank you!

Hi everyone! Can someone help me transcribe a physician's handwriting? However, I cannot post it publicly because of data privacy. So, feel free to comment if you wish to help and I'll send it privately. We desperately need it for our case study. Thank you very much!

Apologies in advance if this is the wrong sub for this question. If so, please kindly advise where I might be able to post it.

Received a canvas painting as a leaving gift from a close friend back in 2015 and the message on it is incredibly faded. I'm trying to go over it to make it last longer and restore it, but only able to make out a few words.

If anyone can decipher any of it or even advise of how I can better decipher it, I would be deeply grateful. Or signpost me somewhere.

Thank you so much!