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Help to decipher an old BC
« on: Thursday 04 March 10 17:28 GMT (UK) »
Hi There,

I have a BC for a direct ancestor of mine from Scotlands People that I would like help with decipering please.

Alexander Lyon was born 23 July 1595. His father is Thomas Lyon. There are some words after this that I cannot make out. can anyone help, please?

I hope this image posts correctly...not sure if I've done it right!

Thanks,
Sheilah


http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9vYgayJy98w/S4_yGhTE6MI/AAAAAAAAACw/SX_52lBQZco/image.jpg
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Re: Help to decipher an old BC
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 04 March 10 17:34 GMT (UK) »
Think its a 'miss' !


Here's B.Bob's guide to posting images ...

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Re: Help to decipher an old BC
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 04 March 10 17:46 GMT (UK) »
Thanks...had another go meanwhile...

Does this work? Hope so! I'm going over now anyway to read your suggestion.
Sheilah
Bruce, Muir, Lyon, Robertson,Simpson,Scott, McIsaac, Hedderwick, Ewing, Wallace, Buchanan, Annan, Low, Taylor, Calder, and more, Scotland.  Brimble, Smith, Cox, Parry, Skuse, Sheering, Lee(Lea), Shepherd, and more, Gloucestershire

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Re: Help to decipher an old BC
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 04 March 10 17:53 GMT (UK) »
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bsbZ0N00xe7Ob2xDOcIrEA?authkey=Gv1sRgCIqGxpyr8KWRtgE&feat=directlink

This is the link to Picasa web album.

I'm trying to learn Irfanview now.
Bruce, Muir, Lyon, Robertson,Simpson,Scott, McIsaac, Hedderwick, Ewing, Wallace, Buchanan, Annan, Low, Taylor, Calder, and more, Scotland.  Brimble, Smith, Cox, Parry, Skuse, Sheering, Lee(Lea), Shepherd, and more, Gloucestershire

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Re: Help to decipher an old BC
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 04 March 10 18:39 GMT (UK) »
I had a look at it ... the trouble is, its very small ... and if you click on the magnifying glass, it gets too pixelated to read ! 

Is this a download you got from somewhere, or is it a scan of the paper copy you have in your hand, so to speak ?

If so, can you try scanning it again ... see the tips on B.Bob ... and see if you can post it on here ... there will be lots of help available ... RootsChat people like a challenge !


added ... ahh !   I see you have amended your first posting !     Will have a look after I've had my tea !!
Dorset/Wilts/Hants: Trowbridge Williams Sturney/Sturmey Prince Foyle/Foil Hoare Vincent Fripp/Frypp Triggle/Trygel Adams Hibige/Hibditch Riggs White Angel Cake 
C'wall/Devon/France/CANADA (Barkerville, B.C.): Pomeroy/Pomerai/Pomroy
Som'set: Clark(e) Fry
Durham: Law(e)
London: Hanham Poplett
Lancs/Cheshire/CANADA (Kelowna, B.C. & Sask): Stubbs Walmesley

WRITE LETTERS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO TREASURE ... EMAILS DISAPPEAR !

Census information Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: Help to decipher an old BC
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 04 March 10 18:50 GMT (UK) »
I have saved it as a proper image without all the white surround.However we're not allowed to post the whole image on Rootschat,so which portions can't you read?

I'll post the first part of it here.

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Re: Help to decipher an old BC
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 04 March 10 19:11 GMT (UK) »
Could it be the names of the godparents - looks like Sr Robert someone starts with K and Sr Walter Scot of somewhere starts with a Ba(could be a phonetic spelling of Buccleuch)
Ermy
Baldwin / Dixey / Rumble (Berkshire)
Burnsides / Corps / Harker / HINDLE / Longstaff / Martin / Page (Co. Durham)
Chalker / Glyde / Morris / Pitman / Stroud (Dorset)
BARTON / Heasman / Wheatley (East Sussex)
Baby / Silver / Silvester (Hampshire)
BARTON / Cheeseman / Head / JONES / Kidder / Wood (Kent)
Chalker (Somerset)
Chatburn / HINDLE (West Yorkshire)
Curtis / Davis / Stevens (Wiltshire)
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Re: Help to decipher an old BC
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 04 March 10 22:51 GMT (UK) »
Thank you both for your input. I hadn't realised Sir Robert and Sir Walter could have been god-parents. I didn't make out much more than the first names and thought it was the next entry!!

The words I am very interested in are the ones right after Thomas Lyon.....what I think is an M and a squiggle that stands for abbreviated 'Master'.

The next word is very puzzling as it looks like a small 'g' (?) followed by a letter which I can't anywhere in a secretary hand alphabet. Or maybe it is all one letter. The tail goes backward as in 'g' but the writer, it seems has developed his own hand!

I won't say at the moment what I think the word could be as I would like an unbiased opinion, as it will make a big difference to the tree.

The whole document is not easy to read and the word I am looking at is nowhere else in it.

Thank you for trying
Sheilah
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Re: Help to decipher an old BC
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 04 March 10 22:55 GMT (UK) »
Sorry, I forgot to answer your query about the document....it is a download from Scotlands People.
And I have tried to magnify, zoom and thoroughly dissect it, but it doesn't make much difference !
Bruce, Muir, Lyon, Robertson,Simpson,Scott, McIsaac, Hedderwick, Ewing, Wallace, Buchanan, Annan, Low, Taylor, Calder, and more, Scotland.  Brimble, Smith, Cox, Parry, Skuse, Sheering, Lee(Lea), Shepherd, and more, Gloucestershire
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