Help With Diary

[Lnwlf]

Sorry. Just tryin to hep.

 

[lelliott19]

I have Criss ancestors, so I discovered the double s/ fs a long time ago. I hate deciphering old letters/writing. It hurts my head.

It is difficult....but OH the beauty of the English language. Isn't it such a shame that people don't write (or talk) like that any more? :-(

 

[Lnwlf]

to call my feeling by even the[?] name.

...to call my feeling by even the warmer name.

 

[Littlestown]

It is difficult....but OH the beauty of the English language. Isn't it such a shame that people don't write (or talk) like that any more? :-(

Seriously! "I'm leaving thee, but weep not Annie; I'll come back to yet to thee and bring some hope of comfort to one so dear to me ..." Just wish I knew who Annie was.

 

[DixieRifles]

My dear wife...
Sorry . Just got here.

Now that is an interesting Love letter.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

" My dear wife" are the first words I saw when reading the entry for the first time.

 

[Ladibugladibugg]

My dear wife...
Sorry . Just got here.

I thought wife also, though that is an odd "W" as it looks like an "S" swifs??? That would be an interesting endearment!!!! But one never knows!

 

[FarawayFriend]

I just don't see that 3rd letter as an "s". To much and looping below the line.

It is an "s" though. The "s" was different, depending if it was used in the middle of a word or as last letter. It is the same in the old German Sütterlin handwriting, therefore I know this. Because of the loops above and below the line that letter in German is called "Peitschen-S" (= whip-S), because the letter resembles a whip. As opposite to the round "s" which was used at the end of a word and therefore called "Endungs-S" (= endings-S)

Edit: and if you compare the first letter in the word "Miss" to the first letter in the word "Will" in the next line, you will see the difference. So it is "Miss". The miss was fortunate to (hopefully) get such a nice love letter ...

 

[Littlestown]

It is an "s" though. The "s" was different, depending if it was used in the middle of a word or as last letter. It is the same in the old German Sütterlin handwriting, therefore I know this. Because of the loops above and below the line that letter in German is called "Peitschen-S" (= whip-S), because the letter resemples a whip.

Edit: and if you compare the first letter in the word "Miss" to the first letter in the word "Will" in the next line, you will see the difference. So it is "Miss". The miss was fortunate to (hopefully) get such a nice love letter ...

Thanks for that FF. Very thorough explanation.

 

[Lnwlf]

It is an "s" though. The "s" was different, depending if it was used in the middle of a word or as last letter. It is the same in the old German Sütterlin handwriting, therefore I know this. Because of the loops above and below the line that letter in German is called "Peitschen-S" (= whip-S), because the letter resembles a whip. As opposite to the round "s" which was used at the end of a word and therefore called "Endungs-S" (= endings-S)

Edit: and if you compare the first letter in the word "Miss" to the first letter in the word "Will" in the next line, you will see the difference. So it is "Miss". The miss was fortunate to (hopefully) get such a nice love letter ...

OK, I see it now and will by that. Thanks FF! It is always good to learn these small variations in handwriting. If only I can remember them!

 

[DSessom]

Also, compare the first letter to the first letter of "September" just above it. They look the same to me, so I'd think the first letter is an "S".

 

[DSessom]

Then again, it also looks like every other "M" on the page, so now I'm not sure...

 

[Northern Light]

My dear wife...
Sorry . Just got here.

That is what I thought!

 

[Northern Light]

Sometimes it is difficult, because it is not only the German but also the English that tend to write two "s"s as an F and an S. I forgot about that as it has been a while since I have looked at these older letters.