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Title: Grandfather's MSS ????
Post by: morris.merryweather on Saturday 14 September 24 15:35 BST (UK)
Within this envelope are 15 pages of recollections by 'grandfather' and written on the envelope is 'Grandfather's MSS (copy)'. Does anyone know what MSS might stand for? Thanks.
Title: Re: Grandfather's MSS ????
Post by: rosie99 on Saturday 14 September 24 15:36 BST (UK)
Manuscripts  :-\
Title: Re: Grandfather's MSS ????
Post by: Tickettyboo on Saturday 14 September 24 15:39 BST (UK)
As Rosie says, its likely to be  Manuscripts (plural as there are 15 pages)

Boo
Title: Re: Grandfather's MSS ????
Post by: BumbleB on Saturday 14 September 24 15:39 BST (UK)
And I'd agree with that - manuscripts.
Title: Re: Grandfather's MSS ????
Post by: morris.merryweather on Saturday 14 September 24 17:45 BST (UK)
Brilliant - thanks!
Title: Re: Grandfather's MSS ????
Post by: BumbleB on Saturday 14 September 24 17:47 BST (UK)
Just a further thought - DON'T LOSE THEM.  Such items are irreplaceable.

Title: Re: Grandfather's MSS ????
Post by: morris.merryweather on Saturday 14 September 24 21:04 BST (UK)
It’s amazing they still survive today - they were discovered in an old suitcase in a partially collapsed loft in an house which had apparently been cleared a few years ago. They refer to events as far back as the 1840’s, and ancestors born in the late 1700’s, so a real treasure find for my family history.