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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Probate records Suffolk 1557 (latin?) - help requested for transcription
« on: Monday 04 August 25 12:26 BST (UK)  »
Dear Bookbox and Horsleydown86,

Many thanks to both of you for your prompt and helpful comments on this document

Bookbox for your valuable Latin Transcription skills & Horsleydown86 for your convincing case for the letter "P"   :)

Thomasina Depdale it is!!

Best regards

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Probate records Suffolk 1557 (latin?) - help requested for transcription
« on: Sunday 03 August 25 21:42 BST (UK)  »
I would be very grateful if someone could help and provide a transcription of what I think is the probate record for one Thomasina Drysdale/Dessdale, in Suffolk in 1557, it may be a mix of English & Latin.

Many thanks & best regards


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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Leith - Kirkgate Associate church - Help for place name on 1805 baptism record
« on: Tuesday 29 July 25 13:46 BST (UK)  »
Thank You Rena and David Nicholl for this additional info.

Best regards

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Leith - Kirkgate Associate church - Help for place name on 1805 baptism record
« on: Saturday 26 July 25 00:54 BST (UK)  »
Thank you GR2 for a definitive transcription of this word.

Best regards

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Leith - Kirkgate Associate church - Help for place name on 1805 baptism record
« on: Friday 25 July 25 19:00 BST (UK)  »
Thankyou oldfashionedgirl for your help on this - it could be Carter 'work'- as the first entry on the preceding page mentions Kirkgate Brickwork Close & the work is similar but I think that 'Walk' may be a better option.

Many thanks & best regards

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Leith - Kirkgate Associate church - Help for place name on 1805 baptism record
« on: Friday 25 July 25 14:06 BST (UK)  »
That was quick!

Thank you very much Millmoor.

That seems like a good option

Best regards

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Leith - Kirkgate Associate church - Help for place name on 1805 baptism record
« on: Friday 25 July 25 13:53 BST (UK)  »
I would be very grateful if someone could tell me the place name on this 1805 free Church baptism record

John Drysdale Carter ????? -------a son -------named John

Many thanks and best regards


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Fife / Re: Name Change: Douglas to Drysdale
« on: Wednesday 09 July 25 12:58 BST (UK)  »
A joke from the past

In 1883 William Gibson of Tillicoultry produced the publication:

Reminiscences of Dollar, Tillicoultry and other Districts adjoining the Ochils with notes on Progress, Scientific Discovery, and Invention of New Spinning Machinery, during the last Hundred Years.

As far as the name Drysdale is concerned this was an important book as it contained an early version of the 1503 Douglas/Drysdale story that had been passed on to Mr Gibson from a Mr Robert Drysdale, who was a Yarn manufacturer in Tillicoultry at that time.

However, I don't think that Mr Gibson was totally sold on the '1503 story' and knew very well what he was doing when he called it a 'Romantic Story' and also made a very subtle pun when he set out the page and paragraph headings in his book - Reminiscences of Dollar etc.....

Instead of a paragraph heading entitled 'Manufacturing firms who didn't spin yarn' he wrote the heading entitled 'Manufacturing firms who didn't spin yarns' an oblique reference to Mr Robert Drysdale's firm & the story he had provided perhaps.

Check out the page layout below and see what you think:


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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: 1609 parish birth entry - slightly confused at wording - help appreciated
« on: Thursday 26 June 25 21:47 BST (UK)  »
Thank you very much horselydown86!

The 'Straquhan' certainly had me beat.

Best regards

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