Hello Ellen. This is a baptism, not a marriage. Bridget {child of} Hugh Trainer and Ann Sloan God parents : Peter Rice and Ann Cunningham Catholic registers can be difficult to di-cypher especially as many are recorded in "scrawley" Latin. best regards Robert www.ulsterancestry.com > To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 08:00:34 -0400 > Subject: [CoTyIre] RC registers - question > From: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > > Hi. > > I was hoping to find an explanation on how records were worded back then. > > For example, I found a marriage entry that reads: > > Bridget of Hugh Trainer and Ann Sloan (I assume Bridget is the bride and her > parents are Hugh & Ann) > > Next line: looks like Sl Peter Rice (?) and Ann Cunningham > > Are they the sponsors (Sl really is Sp) or groom's parents? > > Where is the groom's name? > > Thanks for any advice! > > Ellen > USA > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington > via > Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2015 5:34 AM > To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] RC registers > > They are equally easy to navigate via computer > > Those I have looked at have been a joy, a few are hard to read but the > majority are clear > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 09/07/2015 07:03, Claire K via wrote: > > For anyone who missed the big reveal, the NLI's RC parish registers are > online at registers.nli.ie. I got an initial 404 error, but tried a second > time and had no problems accessing the site. And have not been bumped off. > Looking good! > > > > I've looked through a couple of Tyrone parishes so far, on iPhone. Easy to > navigate. Nice enhancements -- map showing adjoining parishes, thumbnails so > you can jump ahead to later images quickly, header for each two-page spread > giving that spread's year range. Easy to enlarge (the usual 3-finger > spread). > > > > I assume / hope all this ease of use translates to computer access > options... > > > > I hope all of you are finding new info, or at least capturing digital > images of what you've previously transcribed. > > > > If you have problems reading or interpreting the records, post the info to > the list so we can find it, and we'll all help each other out! > > > > Enjoy! > > > > Claire K > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message