I,got the reply from Dand B antiquies about appraisells and being original papers on lincoln , washington , keyes , the star spangled banner writter, how do I go about doing this? Finding a real person who knows , I live in a small town ,muskogee , okla and there is know one that I,know ofthat has the ability to do this. the paper is real old ,its very brittle and if you hold them up to light you can see dark stains like dried blood. I,was told it is called parchment paper but again your talking about muskogee. I,found these papers in a very old house aold rock house. along with them was some very old things that I know is very old and valuble . the house belonged to a very important person at one time.we bought every thing on the property. thanks for any help given.