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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Item in bequests stated in 1612 Will
« on: Friday 19 July 24 03:45 BST (UK)  »
I think it is literally the word “Item”, used as a header for each item in the will - although it looks like the ‘m’ was omitted.

Steve

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Need help deciphering the last line.
« on: Friday 29 September 23 03:38 BST (UK)  »
I think the last word could be the signature Mom (or Mum). The mark in front of it could be just an arrow pointing to the word “Love”. And the word before Wilson could be Missus or some spelling variation.

Steve

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Occupation is?
« on: Saturday 04 March 23 00:23 GMT (UK)  »
The name might be “Trimmer.” Note the macron over the ‘m’.

Steve

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help to decipher cause of death Pennsylvania 1912
« on: Friday 03 February 23 04:40 GMT (UK)  »
It looks like “Coke” way to me, and an online search found several references to “coke way” referring to the conveyor belt that transports coke to the railway cars. It seems he got caught between the conveyor and the hopper car that was being loaded.

Steve

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: 1736 can't make the sentence out
« on: Tuesday 13 December 22 02:40 GMT (UK)  »
It really would be helpful to know when and where this was written. Do you have a title page? What are the other entries on this page and others?

But I’m guessing that the word is “tou” [town], and it is referring to the townlands in Stockens [Dublin], and that “tou Roud” could be “town road”, and Goneraft(?) and wotes(?) could be other place names. I also wonder whether “parck” could be a variation on “parish” (paroch?).

Steve

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help with ancestors occupation
« on: Thursday 10 November 22 03:39 GMT (UK)  »
I cast my vote for "Travelling Fakir" [with an alternate spelling of "faiker" in this case"]. "Fakir" was sometimes used to mean "salesman" but could also mean "beggar". The "F" is written differently from others on the page, but the rest of it fits "faiker" better than "tinker" (the short cross-stroke in the middle of the 'F'; the stretching out of the 'a'; the placement of the dot over the 'i'). And if this was a family of "travellers' as one person said earlier, then that would also fit the idea that they were frequently on the move and raising funds however they could.

Steve

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Inventory of The Elysium, 11 Brydges St 1844 - Please help with handwritting
« on: Friday 04 November 22 00:50 GMT (UK)  »
Front of House.
A plate glass front
A Sign board written (Elysium)
3 Iron belconeys [balconies]
A large lamp filled w gas / R burner
A brass Stall plate written (wine Rooms)

Steve

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help needed with deciphering nationality on 1911 Census
« on: Saturday 29 October 22 16:00 BST (UK)  »
Yes, I agree. Seeing it in bigger context now, it’s clearly a birthplace code.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help needed with deciphering nationality on 1911 Census
« on: Saturday 29 October 22 03:09 BST (UK)  »
Could it be just a poorly written “Dito” [“Ditto”], meaning same as the entries on previous pages? It would help to see the whole page to see how others are handled in that column.

Steve

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