On 29/03/2014 22:48, Wendy Burns wrote: > It may just be that the person reading the original document just took a > stab in the dark with the "touncr." and in fact it was weaver. I have to protest on behalf of the transcriber! Those of us who work at the Archives do not "take a stab in the dark". If it was transcribed as "touncr." then it will have looked like that, not like "weaver". But I have to say again, speculation on what the original might have been should be postponed until someone has taken another look at the original! This is the relvant volume of the "Accounts of the Master of Kirk and Bridge Works") which are held by Aberdeen City Archives and can be inspected by researchers, or which Archives staff will probably be prepared to do a lookup. Gavin Bell
So sorry Gavin, I did not mean that the transcriber was in any way negligent but merely that they were taking their best calculated and educated guess as to what the written word said. Stab in the dark was certainly not the right phrase to use and I do appreciate how difficult it can be to make out some of the handwriting. Apologies to yourself and the transcriber. Wendy -----Original Message----- From: Gavin Bell Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 2:38 PM To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] James STEWART and Jane "Jean" SIM m.1801 Aberdeen On 29/03/2014 22:48, Wendy Burns wrote: > It may just be that the person reading the original document just took a > stab in the dark with the "touncr." and in fact it was weaver. I have to protest on behalf of the transcriber! Those of us who work at the Archives do not "take a stab in the dark". If it was transcribed as "touncr." then it will have looked like that, not like "weaver". But I have to say again, speculation on what the original might have been should be postponed until someone has taken another look at the original! This is the relvant volume of the "Accounts of the Master of Kirk and Bridge Works") which are held by Aberdeen City Archives and can be inspected by researchers, or which Archives staff will probably be prepared to do a lookup. Gavin Bell ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message