Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / How To / The Key to the Family Deed Chest: How to Decipher and Study Old Documents / Braille

The Key to the Family Deed Chest: How to Decipher and Study Old Documents ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 2 — contracted English braille (EBAE-compatible subset). Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 1 instead.

Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt

160,707 braille cells · 165 embossed pages at 40×25 · 259 unrepresentable characters omitted

⠱⠊⠞⠻⠀⠀⠔⠀⠉⠕⠇⠳⠗⠀⠯⠀⠍⠀⠑⠧⠢⠀⠵⠀⠊⠞⠎⠀⠏⠗⠑⠏⠜⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠴
⠀⠃⠑⠞⠞⠻⠀⠥⠝⠙⠻⠌⠕⠕⠙⠀⠯⠀⠀⠏⠗⠁⠉⠞⠊⠎⠫⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠧⠑⠇⠇⠥⠍⠀
⠴⠀⠁⠀⠋⠔⠻⠀⠎⠕⠗⠞⠀⠷⠀⠏⠜⠡⠍⠢⠞⠀⠏⠗⠑⠏⠜⠫⠀⠋⠀⠮⠀⠎⠅⠔⠎⠀⠷⠀
⠧⠀⠀⠐⠽⠀⠕⠗⠀⠌⠊⠇⠇⠤⠃⠕⠗⠝⠀⠁⠝⠊⠍⠁⠇⠎⠲⠀⠠⠷⠀⠭⠀⠮⠀⠕⠇⠙⠀
⠍⠁⠝⠥⠎⠉⠗⠊⠏⠞⠀⠃⠕⠕⠅⠎⠀⠶⠀⠍⠁⠙⠑⠂⠀⠀⠁⠙⠕⠗⠝⠫⠀⠾⠀
⠊⠇⠇⠥⠍⠔⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠀⠯⠀⠍⠔⠊⠁⠞⠥⠗⠑⠀⠏⠁⠔⠞⠬⠎⠂⠀⠱⠊⠡⠀
⠗⠑⠟⠥⠊⠗⠫⠀⠀⠁⠀⠋⠔⠑⠂⠀⠎⠍⠕⠕⠹⠀⠎⠥⠗⠋⠁⠉⠑⠂⠀⠯⠀⠧⠑⠇⠇⠥⠍⠀
⠴⠀⠋⠗⠑⠑⠀⠋⠀⠮⠀⠋⠇⠁⠺⠎⠀⠱⠊⠡⠀⠀⠋⠗⠑⠟⠥⠢⠞⠇⠽⠀⠕⠉⠉⠥⠗⠀⠔⠀
⠮⠀⠎⠅⠔⠎⠀⠷⠀⠍⠁⠞⠥⠗⠑⠀⠁⠝⠊⠍⠁⠇⠎⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠾⠀⠮⠀⠓⠊⠌⠕⠗⠽⠀
⠷⠀⠏⠁⠏⠻⠤⠍⠁⠅⠬⠀⠺⠑⠀⠓⠀⠝⠕⠹⠬⠀⠞⠕⠀⠙⠲⠀⠠⠏⠁⠏⠻⠀⠴⠀⠅⠝⠪⠝
⠀⠀⠵⠀⠑⠜⠇⠽⠀⠵⠀⠮⠀⠹⠊⠗⠞⠑⠢⠹⠀⠉⠢⠞⠥⠗⠽⠂⠀⠃⠀⠿⠀⠇⠁⠺⠀⠐⠺⠀
⠔⠀⠠⠑⠝⠛⠇⠯⠀⠭⠀⠴⠀⠀⠎⠑⠇⠙⠕⠍⠂⠀⠊⠋⠀⠑⠧⠻⠂⠀⠑⠍⠏⠇⠕⠽⠫⠀
⠃⠑⠿⠑⠀⠮⠀⠋⠳⠗⠞⠑⠢⠹⠀⠉⠢⠞⠥⠗⠽⠲⠀⠠⠮⠀⠑⠜⠇⠊⠑⠌⠀⠀⠅⠝⠪⠝⠀
⠑⠭⠁⠍⠏⠇⠑⠎⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠙⠑⠎⠉⠗⠊⠃⠫⠀⠵⠀⠃⠑⠬⠀⠍⠁⠙⠑⠀⠷⠀⠎⠊⠇⠅⠀
⠍⠁⠝⠥⠋⠁⠉⠞⠥⠗⠫⠀⠁⠃⠗⠕⠁⠙⠲⠀⠀⠠⠕⠝⠀⠮⠀⠠⠉⠕⠝⠞⠔⠢⠞⠀⠭⠀⠴⠀
⠥⠎⠫⠀⠿⠀⠊⠇⠇⠥⠍⠔⠁⠞⠫⠀⠐⠺⠀⠔⠀⠮⠀⠏⠇⠁⠉⠑⠀⠷⠀⠀
⠧⠑⠇⠇⠥⠍⠤⠤⠁⠞⠀⠇⠑⠁⠌⠂⠀⠎⠀⠠⠏⠗⠳⠀⠌⠁⠞⠑⠎⠂⠀⠃⠀⠙⠕⠑⠎⠀⠝⠀
⠞⠑⠇⠇⠀⠥⠀⠷⠀⠁⠝⠽⠀⠝⠕⠞⠁⠃⠇⠑⠀⠀⠑⠭⠁⠍⠏⠇⠑⠎⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠮⠀
⠓⠊⠌⠕⠗⠽⠀⠷⠀⠠⠑⠝⠛⠇⠊⠩⠤⠍⠁⠙⠑⠀⠏⠁⠏⠻⠀⠊⠎⠀⠎⠕⠍⠑⠱⠁⠞⠀
⠕⠃⠎⠉⠥⠗⠑⠲⠀⠠⠕⠗⠙⠔⠜⠽⠀⠀⠇⠑⠎⠎⠕⠝⠤⠃⠕⠕⠅⠎⠂⠀⠏⠥⠃⠇⠊⠩⠫⠀
⠿⠀⠮⠀⠑⠝⠇⠊⠛⠓⠞⠢⠍⠢⠞⠀⠷⠀⠮⠀⠐⠽⠂⠀⠌⠁⠞⠑⠀⠀⠞⠀⠮⠀⠋⠊⠗⠌⠀
⠠⠑⠝⠛⠇⠊⠩⠀⠏⠁⠏⠻⠤⠍⠊⠇⠇⠀⠴⠀⠑⠗⠑⠉⠞⠫⠀⠁⠞⠀⠠⠙⠜⠞⠿⠙⠂⠀⠔⠀
⠠⠅⠢⠞⠂⠀⠀⠃⠽⠀⠠⠎⠏⠑⠊⠇⠍⠁⠝⠂⠀⠁⠀⠠⠛⠻⠍⠁⠝⠂⠀⠔⠀⠼⠁⠑⠓⠓⠲⠀
⠠⠹⠊⠎⠂⠀⠓⠪⠑⠧⠻⠂⠀⠍⠥⠌⠀⠃⠑⠀⠺⠗⠕⠝⠛⠂⠀⠿⠀⠔⠀⠀⠞⠀⠏⠕⠏⠥⠇⠜
⠀⠑⠙⠥⠉⠁⠞⠕⠗⠀⠷⠀⠮⠀⠏⠁⠌⠀⠛⠢⠻⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠂⠀⠮⠀⠠⠎⠁⠞⠥⠗⠙⠁⠽⠀

These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.