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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: chloed on Friday 11 December 09 06:15 GMT (UK)
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anyone know what [NH] after the christian name means on a birth reg. on freebmd.
thank you
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Hi
My first thought is that they are the initials of middle names as from Sept Qtr 1910 only initials of middle names are shown in the index. What are the details of the person you are referring to?
Andy
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Hi: If the entry appears as you have typed it - with [ ] square brackets rather than ( ) rounded brackets, this means that there is an initial for the second forename but that the transcriber cannot decipher whether it is N or H. In this case we are told to use [NH] to signify this uncertainty.
Hope this helps. :)
BumbleB
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thank you, the entry i refer to is eily corby , stockwell, dec, 1910.
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I've had a look at the original page, and in my opinion, as an ex-Secretary, the middle name begins with N. But my explanation was just as I thought, the transcriber was not sure which of the two letters it was, and so used the formula laid down by FreeBMD to put the options into square brackets.
BumbleB