How FamilyLore works, step by step

Real screenshots of the things people do on FamilyLore, on a desktop and on a phone, with every step written out. Each path is walked by a robot every 15 minutes, so what you see here is what the site does today.

• How to start reading an old handwritten documentFamilyLore reads the handwriting in old family documents, in Russian, Ukrainian, German Kurrent and Yiddish, and translates it. Start from the home page…
• How to learn the Russian cursive alphabet letter by letterThe Scripts section explains old handwriting scripts letter by letter. Open the Russian cursive letter chart to see all 33 letters, then open one to see…
• How to print Russian cursive practice sheetsThe practice page has free printable sheets for every Russian cursive letter, plus whole sets, in A4 and US Letter. The history page shows how Russian…
• How to write Russian cursive with the generatorFamilyLore's Russian cursive generator lays out typed Cyrillic text in authentic Russian cursive outlines that you can download as SVG or PNG images.
• How to see FamilyLore transcribe a real handwritten letterBefore you upload anything, you can see FamilyLore read a real handwritten Russian letter. On the upload screen, press See it transcribe a real letter…