The Daily Genealogy Transcriber

The Daily Genealogy Transcriber is a site owned by my friend, Michael John Neill, where every day a new handwriting sample is posted. The sample is usually a signature. Readers can guess at the interpretation. Michael says that he usually knows the answer. He waits at least 24 hours before posting the answer.

All submissions have to be approved to cut down on spam, but all guesses are usually posted.

Old images, with guesses and answers, are left up which makes for interesting reading. Seeing how others read a name gives additional insight into indexers and indexing errors.

Click here to check out the Daily Genealogy Transcriber.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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