Author Topic: 1703 Lowland Scots - looks like forbitour to me, any guesses and meaning please  (Read 608 times)

Offline lostintimeandpace

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"samuel tait son to james tait blahblahblah to John Brunton"

Any ideas and meanings please.


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Re: 1703 Lowland Scots - looks like forbitour to me, any guesses and meaning please
« Reply #1 on: Monday 01 September 14 20:39 BST (UK) »
First letter looks like S not F
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Re: 1703 Lowland Scots - looks like forbitour to me, any guesses and meaning please
« Reply #3 on: Monday 01 September 14 20:49 BST (UK) »
Thank you for the quick response. Date was actually 1697 on the document. Seems obvious now!