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Title: One hard-to-read word in a Burial record
Post by: piker on Thursday 26 March 20 15:52 GMT (UK)
Can anyone help with this?  There is bad bleed-through on the register page, but I have enhanced it as well as I can. The text is: "John Broadway ______ was buried April ye xvii 1679".  But what is that missing word??

Who's going to win the virtual coconut?
Title: Re: One hard-to-read word in a Burial record
Post by: Milliepede on Thursday 26 March 20 16:19 GMT (UK)
Stab in the dark - labourer  :-\
Title: Re: One hard-to-read word in a Burial record
Post by: artifis on Thursday 26 March 20 16:31 GMT (UK)
I've sharpened it up some more, loosing some of the bleed through but I still can't read it.

I've attached it in case others can.
Title: Re: One hard-to-read word in a Burial record
Post by: Old Bristolian on Thursday 26 March 20 17:38 GMT (UK)
Difficult with the bleed-through, but is it not 'was'?
Title: Re: One hard-to-read word in a Burial record
Post by: piker on Friday 27 March 20 08:11 GMT (UK)
Thanks for the responses so far.
Title: Re: One hard-to-read word in a Burial record
Post by: rosie99 on Friday 27 March 20 11:09 GMT (UK)
Where was this burial
Title: Re: One hard-to-read word in a Burial record
Post by: piker on Friday 27 March 20 11:13 GMT (UK)
Hello Rosie.  It was at St Michael's, Winchester.
Title: Re: One hard-to-read word in a Burial record
Post by: Milliepede on Friday 27 March 20 11:17 GMT (UK)
Do you know what is normally written for burials from that era? 

I mean would there normally be an abode or an occupation after the name? 
That could help with the deciphering.
Title: Re: One hard-to-read word in a Burial record
Post by: rosie99 on Friday 27 March 20 11:23 GMT (UK)
Thank you piker,  I was hoping that perhaps I could see more of the page online to see what others have written against them.


Quote from: Milliepede on Thursday 26 March 20 16:19 GMT (UK)
Stab in the dark - labourer  :-\

I think you may be right