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Title: can anyone read this
Post by: Karen60 on Saturday 13 February 10 11:15 GMT (UK)
This was an 'extra' bit on the baptism of Donald Macdonald
can anyone decipher any of the words


Title: Re: can anyone read this
Post by: Jamjar on Saturday 13 February 10 11:31 GMT (UK)
A clearer scan would help.

Jamjar
Title: Re: can anyone read this
Post by: Karen60 on Saturday 13 February 10 11:36 GMT (UK)
hi jamjar

sorry that was how I got it from the Scotland people site

 :(
Title: Re: can anyone read this
Post by: Karen60 on Saturday 13 February 10 11:39 GMT (UK)
I've tried to enhance it a little but it's still a bad copy

Title: Re: can anyone read this
Post by: Jamjar on Saturday 13 February 10 11:42 GMT (UK)
Did you save it as a JPEG, when you downloaded it?

If not you may like to do so. It won't cost you anything.

Jamjar

Title: Re: can anyone read this
Post by: MonicaL on Saturday 13 February 10 11:53 GMT (UK)
Karen, sometimes the imageing at SP goes slightly awry  ::)

If all else fails, you can always contact SP and ask them for an enhanced image for any section you are having a problem with. They are very good at responding to this type of query and will send via email a better image.

See www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/contactus/form.aspx?issue=24

Monica  :)
Title: Re: can anyone read this
Post by: lochee on Saturday 13 February 10 12:26 GMT (UK)
Hi,
Try this
The lawful son of Allan McDonald and Sarah McPherson, Ardmay, was born on the 7th and baptised on the 22nd June. James McPherson Sponsor   Hugh Chisholm


        Hope this is of some use
                              Lochee
Title: Re: can anyone read this
Post by: MonicaL on Saturday 13 February 10 13:33 GMT (UK)
Hi Lochee

Welcome to RootsChat  :)

I think it is the bottom two lines on the page, the note, that Karen is struggling with (as are all of us at present!).

Monica
Title: Re: can anyone read this
Post by: Arranroots on Saturday 13 February 10 13:50 GMT (UK)
I think it starts:

The above were single still at their proper ?? but since afterwards to ?? the ? on 8th ...

Impossible to read the second line though!

Title: Re: can anyone read this
Post by: MonicaL on Saturday 13 February 10 15:11 GMT (UK)
Just a thought. Given Donald's birth shows on the 7 June on this parish entry, could the note simply be a correction on this date to the 8th?

This looks to be the birth entry on the statutory register:

DONALD MC DONALD Birth: 08 JUN 1857 Aharacle, Argyll
Parents: ALLAN MC DONALD and SALLY MACPHERSON

But other than seeing the date 8th as AR mentions, the rest of it is double dutch to me  :P

Monica