Tips for Reading Old Genealogy Records

Sign up for the Family Tree Newsletter! Plus, you’ll receive our 10 Essential Genealogy Research Forms PDF as a special thank you.

Get Your Free Genealogy Forms

"*" indicates required fields

You’re trying to read an ancestor’s record and you keep coming across puzzling words that don’t seem to make sense. These tips will help you sort out old-fashioned writing: 1. Since spelling wasn’t standardized until education became universal in the 20th century, many people spelled phonetically. How someone pronounced a word also affected his spellling. View Website VIP Subscription

Strategies