I'm having trouble deciphering some words and names on old documents - partly due to stylised handwriting, and partly due to slightly less than perfect electronic copies. I wonder if anyone has enough experience to help please.
I have tried to post gif copies of the relevant words in this post, but I couldn't get it to work - the forum help information suggests starting a forum album, but I couldn't follow the instructions, and when I post to Picasa, as I do on other forums, I couldn't get the graphic to load. If someone can clue me in please, I will post copies.
But in the meantime, here are the problems with the letters as near as I can make them out:
1. On a 1916 Scottish marriage entry, parents' names are listed. After two of them in brackets is "(dec)" which is obviously "deceased". But after another it appears to have "(four)" or "(ponr"). Does anyone know what this stood for?
2. On an 1855 Scottish (Aberdeenshire) birth entry, I'm trying to identify three place names which look like:
(i) "Carrig of Berry" or "Caiirg of Reny"
(ii) "Kell of Brony" or "Hill of Brong"
(iii) "Balnrioch"
I have tried the Gazatteer for Scotland and found a few possibles, such as Carsaig for (i) and Balnorock for (iii), but all the other connections around this time are in Aberdeenshire, and these places are a long way from there.
Is it possible anyone happens to have another suggestion please? Thanks.
I have tried to post gif copies of the relevant words in this post, but I couldn't get it to work - the forum help information suggests starting a forum album, but I couldn't follow the instructions, and when I post to Picasa, as I do on other forums, I couldn't get the graphic to load. If someone can clue me in please, I will post copies.
But in the meantime, here are the problems with the letters as near as I can make them out:
1. On a 1916 Scottish marriage entry, parents' names are listed. After two of them in brackets is "(dec)" which is obviously "deceased". But after another it appears to have "(four)" or "(ponr"). Does anyone know what this stood for?
2. On an 1855 Scottish (Aberdeenshire) birth entry, I'm trying to identify three place names which look like:
(i) "Carrig of Berry" or "Caiirg of Reny"
(ii) "Kell of Brony" or "Hill of Brong"
(iii) "Balnrioch"
I have tried the Gazatteer for Scotland and found a few possibles, such as Carsaig for (i) and Balnorock for (iii), but all the other connections around this time are in Aberdeenshire, and these places are a long way from there.
Is it possible anyone happens to have another suggestion please? Thanks.
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