French Handwriting

BYU Script Tutorial for Reading French

 * Script Tutorial for Reading French

Guide to indexing Toulouse, La Dalbade parish register (baptisms) from 1571-1599 and after
Guide to reading and interpreting old parish records of Toulouse for the purpose of indexing and reading old French handwriting. Click [[Media:Yvettesguide1571-1620.pdf|here]] to open the guide.

French Records Extraction Manual
Another resource is the French Records Extraction Manual, Full Manual. Much more is covered, but these first four lessons are especially useful.
 * Chapter 1: Old French Records
 * Chapter 2: Parish Christening and Civil Birth Entries
 * Chapter 3: Marriage Entries
 * Chapter 4: Other Entries
 * Chapter 5: French Handwriting and Spelling
 * Chapter 6: Name Identification
 * Chapter 7: Gender
 * Chpater 8: Dates
 * Chapter 9: Putting it all in practice
 * Appendix A: French Occupations List
 * Appendix B: Common Abbreviations
 * Appendix C: Answers to Self-Evaluation Exercises
 * Glossary