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I thought this would be a fun little challenge but actually learned a lot and was slightly horrified, all at the same time. The Charles Scribner’s Sons mentioned was a book publishing company — the one that first published many famous novels including The Great Gatsby, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man and the Sea, The Sun Also Rises, and The Yearling. They also apparently published books on eugenics (the gem you’ve found here). Here’s your translation.

> The Passing of the Great Race - Madison Grant > N.Y. Charles Scribner’s Sons 1916 > > - - - > > Conservation of that race, which has give in the true spirit of Americanism, is not a matter either of social pride or social prejudice; it is a matter of love of country, of a true sentiment based upon knowledge and the lessons of history, rather than upon the sentimentalism which is fostered by ignorance. > > What is greatest danger which threatens the American republic today? > > The gradual dying out among our people of these hereditary traits through which the principles of our religious, political & social foundations were laid down, & their insidious replacement by trains of less noble character. > > - - - > > In Declaration of Independence, the men who wrote the words, “we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,” were themselves the owners of slaves, and despised Indians...

And, I even found the book on Google Books (which greatly assisted in the translation). Feel free to search any part of my translation to find the source in the book.

In case you're interested, here's a map link to East Saginaw.

I'd ask this question again in r/francophonie and r/france to be honest, there might be some people around there who grew up reading that kind of cursive style.

I'd now agree that Jean-Pierre might also be an option for the first name. "Honore" abbreviated maybe another option (is a first name, too, but I doubt that you would abbreviate a name in such a list).

Saul as a last name seems to be not so common. The only frenchmen on the french wikipedia seems to be http://www.wikiwand.com/fr/%C3%89ric_Saul by that name. Do you have any indication that the person was maybe of juish origin?

In Germany there are groups of senior citizens who transcribe old letters as a hobby because they can better read the old-style cursive than you ones. You should find older french people..

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Backstory: I am related to Sabato Papa, the first name on the list and I dont know the other two people. Sabato is married to someone with the last name Sacco so I think the third persons last name is sacco, but I dont know the first name and it is hard to decipher with the line through it.

Context: Taken from a New York ship record. The format is usually [Relationship] [Name]

[Address], [State]

So far I can see Uncle and New York.

Any help is appreciated. Original document is here (under Rosa Zahler)

You can keep practicing cursive, and you need to practice 15 minutes a day. There are quite a few free workbook things on the web, albeit mostly aimed an children, and quite a few YouTube videos. Google for "cursive writing workbooks" or search for "cursive writing" on YouTube.

You can also learn italic handwriting. Italic is also fast and beautiful to look at. This book is out of print but you should be able to find a used copy. If anyone knows of an online copy please post the link!

EDIT: See this link http://www.reddit.com/r/Handwriting/comments/2iyso7/the_italic_way_to_beautiful_handwriting_by_fred/