Go to any court or law firm and ask for any reputable handwriting  expert. 
The police might be able to help with that. 
 
Robert Shotzberger
 
 
In a message dated 2/12/2011 10:34:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
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On  2/10/2011 8:01 PM, nelhatch wrote:
> HATCHER website:  http://hatcherfamilyassn.com
> HALL DNA project:  
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm
> When  confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by 
reducing it  to the question,  "How would the Lone Ranger have handled 
this?" -  Unknown
>
> Greetings, All........
>
> I have a very  ugly bible record composed of 4 pages that can be seen 
here.......
>  http://hatcherfamilyassn.com/getperson.php?personID=I41975&tree=WmTheIm  
 Click the pages for a larger view.
>
> There's no question a  number of people made entries and not always gr
ouped neatly together. My  problem is that earlier researchers have attempted 
to identify the writer of  each entry in order to connect them into the 
family tree. My suspicion is that  there have been some errors in this process 
and that a few people have been  wrongly attached to the wrong family.
>
> Sooooo! I'm wondering if  it would be helpful to have a professional 
handwriting analyst study those  pages to sort out who wrote what. And it would 
seem I would need someone who  is skilled in analyzing old style handwriting.
>
> Has anyone ever  done this or have knowledge of reputable analysts? If 
so, can you recommend a  good analyst and provide a rough estimate of cost per 
hour?
>
>  Thanks for any guidance!
>
> Nel Hatcher
>
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Nel,

I'm not  sure what a expert could tell you.   You might get some clues of  
timing from the changes in the writing styles    There appear to  be a 
minimum of three different people who recorded information and  possibly 
more

You appear to have a Bible that was originally owned by  someone who 
received it as an adult and put in  information relating  to their Father 
and from the birth dates what appear to be his  siblings-

The left column on page 1 was not written at the  time of each birth.  
It looks to be the same hand at the same time,  probably when they 
received the Bible.  Plus you have the notation of  the three infants who 
died.

Then you have additions that may  have been recorded by someone at the 
time of the birth.   These  seem to be where they are for reasons of 
available space.

It  then appears that another person recorded another family (with 
birth dates  in the 1830s)  in the right column were copied from another 
source  into the Bible -same hand same time - including a copying error 
which they  corrected.

second birth page is not as clear as to whether the births  were recorded 
at the time of birth or later if the Bible changed  hands.

Marriage page -

Again the original owner started with  their father-  Although the 
weddings may be recorded as they   occurred rather than being recorded at 
one time.


If I was in  your place.  I would first connect all of the information 
you have on  each person whose birth is recorded.  Do you have deaths and  
marriages for everyone whose birth is there?    Do you know what  
happened to the people you don't have full information for.    Did they 
move or did the owner of the Bible leave the area?

Then I  would try to verify information using wills, deeds and census-

you may be able to verify the family in the right hand column on Birth  
page one with the 1850 census.

The third and final thing to think  about is did the original researchers 
have any additional motive in the  assumed lineages.   For example has 
someone used the Bible for  proof of parentage on an application for SAR 
or DAR?  It may be to  their advantage to be descended from x who is an 
established ancestor so  they read the Bible that way even though it is 
not clear or could be  looked at a different way.


Good Luck with your  search,

Marilyn Jackson

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