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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Strange beginning to a baptism entry
« on: Tuesday 05 August 25 08:11 BST (UK) »
Thanks, that sounds likely.
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Strange beginning to a baptism entry
« on: Monday 04 August 25 22:49 BST (UK) »
From the registers of the church of St. Nicholas Newcastle 1 March 1697/98. Can anyone help to decipher the words before the child's name? There is also a strange mark at the end of the entry, what does it mean, perhaps short for Uxor?
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Bastard Baptism - difficult word
« on: Tuesday 01 July 25 12:58 BST (UK) »Are you able to give a bigger page view with more entries shown, so we can see comparison letters in other words?
Unfortunately the file would be too big. I think 'Innocent' is the correct reading.
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Bastard Baptism - difficult word
« on: Monday 23 June 25 14:30 BST (UK) »
From the Baptism register of St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1667
'Sammuell sonne to Barbara Fenwick [unrecognised word] a bastard'
Can anyone help with this word?
'Sammuell sonne to Barbara Fenwick [unrecognised word] a bastard'
Can anyone help with this word?
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Northumberland / Re: Missing Licences in Hexham
« on: Monday 02 December 24 09:21 GMT (UK) »
It looks as though a block of the Hexham licences from the early 1710s are no longer in the archives.
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Northumberland / Re: Missing Licences in Hexham
« on: Saturday 30 November 24 14:36 GMT (UK) »
Both York and Durham are online but the licences appear in neither.
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Northumberland / Missing Licences in Hexham
« on: Friday 29 November 24 17:35 GMT (UK) »
I am currently transcribing the Hexham marriage registers for FreeReg and have come across a frustrating phenomenon.
In the early 1700s there are many severely ripped pages giving only partial details, however dozens of them have 'married by vertue of a Licence'.
I thought that checking the marriage licences would allow me to fill in the missing details such as the names of the grooms, however none of the names appear in the Durham marriage licences database on Family Search. I also checked the York marriage licence database on FindMyPast but they don't appear there either.
Can anyone suggest where these licences might appear?
In the early 1700s there are many severely ripped pages giving only partial details, however dozens of them have 'married by vertue of a Licence'.
I thought that checking the marriage licences would allow me to fill in the missing details such as the names of the grooms, however none of the names appear in the Durham marriage licences database on Family Search. I also checked the York marriage licence database on FindMyPast but they don't appear there either.
Can anyone suggest where these licences might appear?
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Strange word
« on: Monday 04 November 24 12:38 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for that comprehensive reply. This is the only use of Latin that I've found in this register (I've been transcribing it from 1558).
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Strange word
« on: Monday 04 November 24 09:47 GMT (UK) »
This is an entry from the baptismal register of St Nicholas Newcastle in 1596.
The final word appears to say 'Aliis' [Latin for 'Others'] however there is a horizontal stroke above the word which suggests that it is a contraction.
Can anyone suggest what the full word might be?
The final word appears to say 'Aliis' [Latin for 'Others'] however there is a horizontal stroke above the word which suggests that it is a contraction.
Can anyone suggest what the full word might be?