The Key to the Family Deed Chest
- Subtitle
- How to Decipher and Study Old Documents Being a Guide to the Reading of Ancient Manuscripts
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1. Front matter2. HOW TO DECIPHER AND STUDY OLD DOCUMENTS3. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.4. AUTHOR’S PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.5. INTRODUCTION.6. CHAPTER I. HINTS TO BEGINNERS.7. CHAPTER II. HANDWRITING.8. CHAPTER III. ANGLO-SAXON, NORMAN-FRENCH, LATIN, AND OLD ENGLISH.9. CHAPTER IV. OLD DEEDS.10. CHAPTER V. LAW TECHNICALITIES.11. CHAPTER VI. MANOR AND COURT ROLLS.12. CHAPTER VII. MONASTIC CHARTERS.13. CHAPTER VIII. PARISH REGISTERS.14. CHAPTER IX. PARISH OFFICERS AND THEIR BOOKS.15. CHAPTER X. BOOKS ON PALEOGRAPHY AND KINDRED SUBJECTS.16. CHAPTER XI. OLD LETTERS.17. CHAPTER XII. ABBREVIATIONS, ETC.18. APPENDIX. LEGAL MEMORY. (See page 42.)