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Kent Completed Lookup Requests / Re: 1841 Census - Foad - Look Up
« on: Friday 29 August 08 08:50 BST (UK) »
I'm really sorry to disappoint Susannah but I have already examined this record (it is the one I mention in my original post above) and believe I have posted about it under another topic. Unfortunately this is my first foray onto this site this year. Since my Mum died 8 months ago and my sister has been extremely ill with cancer and a myriad of other things (traumatic) that have occurred Family History has taken a back seat for a while.
Anyway to cut a long story short - not only is this NOT the Stephen Foad that belongs to me - it isn't even a Foad!
Having sucessfully completed a course in Palaeography and also a research module using old documents I am fairly confident that the initial letter is a J not an F. Take a look at the top entry - the person's first name is James - the letter is the same as that on the line 3 down Stephen ... Joad. (Sorry the transcriber has got it wrong and I don't know how to get these sites to change them). Also to confirm the theory look at the facing page lines 8 & 9 the first is a Jane Collard and the next Fanny Cramp. You can see quite clearly from that what this particular scribe's Fs looked like so I am afraid that this is not one of the Foad family after all!
Kind regards
Jane
Anyway to cut a long story short - not only is this NOT the Stephen Foad that belongs to me - it isn't even a Foad!
Having sucessfully completed a course in Palaeography and also a research module using old documents I am fairly confident that the initial letter is a J not an F. Take a look at the top entry - the person's first name is James - the letter is the same as that on the line 3 down Stephen ... Joad. (Sorry the transcriber has got it wrong and I don't know how to get these sites to change them). Also to confirm the theory look at the facing page lines 8 & 9 the first is a Jane Collard and the next Fanny Cramp. You can see quite clearly from that what this particular scribe's Fs looked like so I am afraid that this is not one of the Foad family after all!
Kind regards
Jane