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Historical handwriting OCR samples

Compare old cursive and a handwritten register with clean document and spreadsheet outputs.

Handwriting to document

Long passages of old cursive

Long-form cursive is shown as a clean document output, keeping attention on the transcription itself.

Original page
A handwritten letter in flowing cursive
Readable cursive transcription
Editable document output

Long-form cursive is shown as a clean document output, keeping attention on the transcription itself.

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Table to spreadsheet

A handwritten table

A historical register is a natural spreadsheet: each handwritten entry returns to a consistent row.

Original page
A page of handwritten register entries in columns
Searchable register rows
Editable Excel output
1903 Baptism Records.xlsxBaptisms 1903
Date of BaptismChristian Name of ChildParents' Christian NamesParents' SurnameResidenceBy whom the ceremony was performed
Jan. 4Annie EthelJohn ElizabethBrownHigh St.J. A. Macdonald
Jan. 18William HenryThomas EmilyBrownMill Rd."
Feb. 1Mary AliceAlbert SarahWilsonSouth End"
Feb. 15James FrederickFrederick CarolineThompsonChurch St."
Feb. 22Gertrude MayGeorge HarrietBrownHigh St."
Mar. 1Alice MaudWilliam SophiaTaylorWest Hill"
Mar. 15Robert GeorgeCharles EmmaAndersonRiver Bank"
Mar. 29Ethel BlancheHenry LouisaBrownQueen St."
Click a cell to select it8 rows shown

Rows and columns stay intact — open the result to click around the cells, just like a spreadsheet.

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