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Offline josey

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Re: Old French Documengs
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 16 April 17 12:19 BST (UK) »
What an amazing document. The script is beyond me but I know Bookbox & horselydown86 amongst others are extremely good at it.
Seeking: RC baptism Philip Murray Feb ish 1814 ? nr Chatham Kent.
IRE: Kik DRAY[EA], PURCELL, WHITE: Mea LYNCH: Tip MURRAY, SHEEDY: Wem ALLEN, ENGLISHBY; Dub PENROSE: Lim DUNN[E], FRAWLEY, WILLIAMS.
87th Regiment RIF: MURRAY
ENG; Marylebone HAYTER, TROU[W]SDALE, WILLIAMS,DUNEVAN Con HAMPTON, TREMELLING Wry CLEGG, HOLLAND, HORSEFIELD Coventry McGINTY
CAN; Halifax & Pictou: HOLLAND, WHITE, WILLIAMSON

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« Reply #10 on: Sunday 16 April 17 12:21 BST (UK) »
What a fantastic book - you are so lucky  ;D
Transcriptions and NBI are merely finding aids.  They are NOT a substitute for original record entries.
Remember - "They'll be found when they want to be found" !!!
If you don't ask the question, you won't get an answer.
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« Reply #11 on: Sunday 16 April 17 12:25 BST (UK) »
Thank you so much. It's a complete mystery to me. I bought it from a flea market recently here in the U.K from a chap who travels to France every month or so.

Let's see if there is anybody who can shed any light on the text.

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« Reply #12 on: Sunday 16 April 17 12:31 BST (UK) »
It's going to be a wonderful resource for French family historians. Great you managed to buy & preserve it. Wonder what organisations there are in France for family history? I am sure they would help.

You've certainly done right in highlighting it here, Craig.
Seeking: RC baptism Philip Murray Feb ish 1814 ? nr Chatham Kent.
IRE: Kik DRAY[EA], PURCELL, WHITE: Mea LYNCH: Tip MURRAY, SHEEDY: Wem ALLEN, ENGLISHBY; Dub PENROSE: Lim DUNN[E], FRAWLEY, WILLIAMS.
87th Regiment RIF: MURRAY
ENG; Marylebone HAYTER, TROU[W]SDALE, WILLIAMS,DUNEVAN Con HAMPTON, TREMELLING Wry CLEGG, HOLLAND, HORSEFIELD Coventry McGINTY
CAN; Halifax & Pictou: HOLLAND, WHITE, WILLIAMSON

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« Reply #13 on: Sunday 16 April 17 12:35 BST (UK) »
Thank you

Yes it would be really great if we could see if it related to a particular family / village / town as it must be useful for someone who is researching their past.

I appreciate all the positive comments. I also see it as 'saving' it from obscurity.

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« Reply #14 on: Sunday 16 April 17 14:01 BST (UK) »
What a great find you have made.  On the first page it says it is a register of deeds and contracts drawn up by Pons BAUDOIN notary royal in residence in the town of Pradelles in the years 1594 and 1595, plus some words I can't make out.  On Généanet, there is a tree which includes a Pons Baudoin 1560-1610 notary in Pradelles, Haute Loire, so it very much looks like him.  The second paragraph is in Latin and quite beyond me.

Theoretically, the proper place for this sort of document here in France is in the relevant Archives Départementales as they enable research beyond the beginnings of most parish registers. They are invaluable to family historians, needless to say.

Unless anyone else does so in the meantime, I'll try and see what the documents are about, but I'm no expert.
BDF Twigg, Ellingham, Gates
BKM Bilbey, Collins, Brandon, Norwood, Smith
HAM Holloway (Romsey area)
HRT Brooks (Tring area)
LDN Saunders, Beedle
MDX Saunders
MLN Maitland, Robertson, McGlashan(all Edinburgh)
OXF Morby, Cross, Gardner (all Banbury area)
SAL Jones, Mathews, Higginson, Davies, Gobourn, Blount
WAR Pritchard (Birmingham)
WRY Dickinson, Atkinson, Mellon, Pritchard, Ashforth, Helliwell, Hague, Dungworth (all Sheffield area)

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« Reply #15 on: Sunday 16 April 17 14:04 BST (UK) »
Brill, I knew someone knowledgeable would 'come by'; now we know where it comes from.

Again, Bookbox, horselydown86 & arthurk, to name a few, are very good at translating latin. 
Seeking: RC baptism Philip Murray Feb ish 1814 ? nr Chatham Kent.
IRE: Kik DRAY[EA], PURCELL, WHITE: Mea LYNCH: Tip MURRAY, SHEEDY: Wem ALLEN, ENGLISHBY; Dub PENROSE: Lim DUNN[E], FRAWLEY, WILLIAMS.
87th Regiment RIF: MURRAY
ENG; Marylebone HAYTER, TROU[W]SDALE, WILLIAMS,DUNEVAN Con HAMPTON, TREMELLING Wry CLEGG, HOLLAND, HORSEFIELD Coventry McGINTY
CAN; Halifax & Pictou: HOLLAND, WHITE, WILLIAMSON

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« Reply #16 on: Sunday 16 April 17 15:27 BST (UK) »
Thank you Jayaygee.

It's so good to not only find out the village, but also the chap who created them.

Absolutely wonderful

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« Reply #17 on: Sunday 16 April 17 15:30 BST (UK) »
So great!
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