From Joseph to James With One Letter

"Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XF74-Z9G : accessed 12 Dec 2012), Jas. S. Fairman, 1903.

This is part of the image from the Vermont, Vital Records 1760-1954 collection at FamilySearch for a Mr. Fairman who died in Windsor, Vermont, in 1903.

The typed entry for the name reads "Fairman, Jas. S."

The problem is that this typed card was probably made from a handwritten record. And that handwritten record probably said "Jos. S. Fairman," because the individual in question was actually named Joseph Sargent Fairman.

One letter makes a difference.

Can You Read It?

This is a signature from a 1880 era pension application for a Civil War veteran in Iowa. This is the signature of the husband of a deponent in the case.

What do you think the name is?

I'll post the answer in a few days.

Can You Read It?

This signature comes from an 1880 era Civil War pension application in Iowa. This testimony was given by the ex-wife of the veteran.

If you think you know what this name is, post a reply.

We'll post the answer in a few days.

Can You Read It?

This is a signature of a likely Virginia native born in the 1780s who was living in Kentucky in the 1850s.

We'll post the answer in a few days.

Can You Read It?

This signature comes from a Civil War pension application in Iowa in the late 19th century. The Indiana native was in his fifties. Any thoughts on the name?

I'll be posting an answer in a few days.

Lease from 1874--Can You Read?

This is part of the text of an 1874 lease found in my ancestor's estate papers. The landlord wanted the balance of the payments and this was part of his proof. The property was in Prairie Township, Hancock County, Illinois. The parties were Jesse Quimby and Mimke Habben. Habben died in 1877 before the terms of the lease were completed.

Think you can read it?

I'm pretty certain what it says. It's not often one finds this kind of a record. Leases during this time period are not typically part of any record.

Can You Read It?

This handwriting was written by the testator in his will from Hanock County, Illinois. The German native was born in approximately 1795 in Thuringen, Germany. The will is undated, but was filed for record on 6 October 1862 in the Hancock County, Illinois Probate Court.

This will was obtained from the microfilm of the original will at the Family History Library in Salt Lake. Those who think they can read the name of the testator can post their suggestions to this blog entry.

Can You Read It?

This is the signature of my German-born ancestor, born somewhere in the Germany of the 1820s. This signature for her comes from her husband's estate papers and is a last name she barely had for a few months.

The digital image of the estate papers was made while at the Family History Library in Salt Lake this week.

German word I cannot quite make out.

I'm working on a Casefile Clues column and cannot quite make out the word in yellow on this baptismal entry from the Bethany United Church of Christ in Tioga, Illinois.

I can make out the rest of the entry for Luisa Trautvetter. I just can't make out the word in the box where the names of the parents Michael Trautvetter and the "hausfrau" Franciska geb. Bigert. appear.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

Can You Read It?

This comes from a court case in Champaign County, Illinois in the 1860s. It really is not too difficult to read. The individual who signed this document (he was brought up on charges of disturbing the peace or something like that) married a cousin of my wife.

Can You Read It?

This comes from a census entry. Interestingly enough, Ancestry.com has the name interpreted "correctly"and it doesn't appear that the right rendering is from a user submission. We'll post the correct version of this name after we've had some guesses or interpretations.

For now, I'm not saying the census year or the location as I don't want anyone using Ancestry.com to find him that way.

Can You Read It?

It has been a while since we did one of these. This comes from a will ca. 1906 in Champaign County, Illinois. This one should not be too hard.

Ideas can be posted below. I do know what this one is supposed to be.

More Can You Read it?

This one (twice on the same page) comes from a court document in 1904 in Hancock County, Illinois. This individual probably learned to write in the German script.



Go ahead and post a guess as to the name. The typewritten letters should not be a problem.

Can You Read it? One more from the same guy

This is from the same person as the previous post.

Just to give a comparison.

Can You Read it?

It has been a while since we have posted one of these. This comes from an 1870 era set of estate papers in Illinois. The writer was a German native, born in the 1820s. Go ahead and post a guess.

Can You Read It?

This signature comes from an estate record in 1917-1918 in Hancock County, Illinois.
Any thoughts?
(I do know the answer to this one.)

I really cannot read this one...

This is one where I really do not know what the first name is. The last name is clearly Adams. The first one I am not so certain of.

The first image is the signature of Mr. Adams. I am assuming it is a Mr. because the person signing this document mentions attending school with the children of Elam Blain in Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania in the early 1800s and only mentions the male children of Blain. My assumption about the gender could be incorrect.

The second rendering of Adams' name comes from the document itself where the scribe has written the name.

I'm taking guesses on this one. The document is from testimony provided by Adams in the Revolutionary Pension application of Katharine Blaim/Blain, widow of Elam. The testimony was given on 6 January 1848 in Delaware County, Ohio.

These images were taken from the digitized Revolutionary Pension files at Footnote.com.

Can You Read It?

This is an entry from an 1841 census entry in County Cumberland England.

Any thoughts on what it actually is supposed to be?

Can You Read It?

This comes from the "father's name" column in a mid-nineteenth century Catholic Church christening register in Beberstedt, Germany.

Do you think you know what it is?

Can You Read It?

This comes from an estate receipt in Illinois in the 1870s. This German native was probably in her thirties at the time she signed this receipt.

Can you read it?