Old Handwriting Script Translations
for Louisiana Documents and Censuses

Numbers
	1st
A
	A		Adela
	aised		Ann
	are		arri
	aud		axes
	ay		ayl
B
	B		B
	Bareau		Bass
	Ben		Benj
	Bte. [Baptiste]
C
	C		Cha
	Cyp
D
	D		D
	de		de
	do		Doc
	drus
E
	E		Edm
	Elisa		Eliz
	engu		eph
	est		Eug
F
	F		F
	F		F
	Ferry		fes
	four
G
	G		G
	Gre		Gui
H
	H		Ha
	hette		Hil
I
	I		I
	I		Isaac
	ibede		iffi
	ique
J
	J		J
	J		J
	J		J
	jar		Jean
	John		Jos. [Joseph]
	Jos		Jun. [Jr.]
K
	K		kin
L
	L		Lam
	Lar		Lejeune
	Lew		Lou
	Louis		luie
	Lumon		Ly
M
	M		M
	McC		Mel
	Mess[Mssrs]
N
	N		N
	N
O
	O		O
	O		Octavie
	Odoris		oge
	On		Onez
	Onezime		oozer
	oozer		ous
	ox		oz
P
	P		P
	P		P
	P		pearl
	Philo		Philom
Q
	Q		Q
	Que		Que
	quin		qts [quarts]
R
	R		R
	regory		rét
	ret		rneur
	Rob		rque
S
	S		S
	S		Sap
	Sav		Sem
	sen. [Senior]		Sco
	Sim		Sol
	spi		St.
	St. Louis		Sta
	Step
T
	T		This
	Three		Thms
	Tho		Thra
	Tra		tract
	tte		ttig
	ture
U
	U		urque
V
	V		Va
	Vai		Vén
	Vi
W
	W		W
	W
Y
	Y		yearling
	years
Z
	Z		Zelon
	Zen		Zilli[am]