How to read and write cursive

As you may know cursive is a style of hand-writing in which the letters are connected to one another.&#160; In genealogy, it is almost inevitable that you will come across records written in cursive.&#160; Therefore, it can be extremely helpful to have a basic knowledge of cursive, and other old hand-writing styles too. &#160; Modern cursive Modern cursive is perhaps the easiest to read for beginners. it is somewhat similar to but also a little different than print (regular hand-writing).&#160; you will frequently find with modern cursive, it sometimes becomes diluted with print, in what is sometimes known as "printive".&#160; when people write using "printive" it is not considered true cursive.&#160; 