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What's her name?
08-09-13, 09:29
Trying to read the first name of this witness......any suggestions please.
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08-09-13, 09:33
Looks like SYANCE but that is an odd name. I can't see anyone on ancestry with that first name. Does the first letter look like any other on the record?
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08-09-13, 09:40
i would agree, 'syance'. could it be a mishearing of a name maybe? i note it's by 'her mark'.
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08-09-13, 09:46
Morning Margaret,
Looking at other entries on these two pages I'd say the first letter was an 'S' but it does make for an unusual name.
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08-09-13, 09:49
Hi Kyle,
I can only transcribe what I see............or think I see:(................which is why transcribers take some stick.
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08-09-13, 10:38
Well done Felix, thank you.
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08-09-13, 10:38
hi alan, i wasn't suggesting writing anything else down, just i wonder if the priest wrote down a surname for a given name he was unfamiliar with.
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Morning Margaret,
Looking at other entries on these two pages I'd say the first letter was an 'S' but it does make for an unusual name.
It might be worth seeing if you can find anything similar on the BMD index or census for the time and place you have the marriage.
If you are transcribing then all you can do it put what is written.
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08-09-13, 15:02
Just transcribing Margaret and wanted help with the Christian name.............thanks to you and Kyle for your input.
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