translate this name on the envelope - c.1872

[rancegal]

  I thought it was Niece's Curls. First hair cut, maybe?
      My mum had some of my son's baby hair in an album.

[Redroger]

My immediate thought was "niece's"

[KitCarson]

I thought 'Niece's' too, but maybe they had started to write the girl's name and then decided on 'niece's'

[Redroger]

Go with that Kit!

[Dulaigh]

Jenie's

[KitCarson]

Mmm, I'm now seeing a 'grave' accent over the 'e' of niece. I know that there are lots of dots, but does anyone else see it? Maybe I should go to bed.

[km1971]

A third for niece's curls

Ken

[braw]

Minnie was a very popular name for the period.Three of my ancestors not of the same family were named Minnie

[HeatherLynne]

i've found a Mina Caroline Green on my family tree b. 1864

could be her?

The hair is of a young childs, i'll try and get a picture up

I suppose the writing could say Mini but the hair looks as if it's from a first cut and not really from an 8 year old.  I think I'd be looking for a girl born around 1870 if it were mine.

Heather

p.s. maybe in some years' time DNA testing will have progressed so that you can get some clues from the hair itself    At present I think it needs to have the follicle still attached, whereas this sample has been cut.