Forgery Finder Process
What the examiner needs from you - 

In order to determine whether or not the disputed handwriting is a forgery, it must be compared to verifiable, known handwriting samples (exemplars).

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Sufficient Number: The examiner must establish acceptable parameters with the known samples. More is always better. One or two standards give the examiner no clear picture of the writer’s natural variation might be or the extent of it. Try to get 20 samples. It is worth the effort.

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Relevant: Apples-to-apples is excellent rules to follow. If the suspected forgery is a signature, handwritten numbers on a ledger will not create a viable companion base.

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Contemporaneous: The handwriting of a person can change over time. You will need current standards, some before and some after the date of the suspected forgery.

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Original Documents: This applies to both the suspected forgery and the standard material. To the forensic document examiner, the handwritten image on a page is three-dimensional. Machine copies are two dimensional. If the original document exists, it is worth the effort to find it. Non-original documents will always result in a qualified opinion.

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The good news is, non-original documents are routinely used. In a digital world, non original documents may be the only option. This is unavoidable.