On 04/12/2012 08:00, derbysgen-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > When replying always change the subject line to that of the individual message which you are responding to. > > Please "SNIP" generously, don't repeat everything again. Including everything will inflate the size of the next Digest unnecessarily and could create problems for those who are not on broadband. > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Latin Will 1696 18 pages. (John Palmer) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 00:17:00 -0000 > From: "John Palmer" <johnpalmer@wirksworth.org.uk> > Subject: [DBY] Latin Will 1696 18 pages. > To: <derbysgen@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <007e01cdd1b4$b3faf7e0$0301a8c0@winxp> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hello folks, > I have a Will dated 1696 for which I paid ?3. > Now I find its 18 pages long, difficult writing, > and all in Latin! > All I want is to find is if this chap Roger Gillingham > owned a Water Mill. I have found a Water Mill > called Gillingham's Mill on a map of my land > dated 1768. Any suggestions?? > I can't stand to wade through 18 pages of > Latin in 17th Century script. Anyone keen on the job? > Willing to pay. > Regards, > John Palmer > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the DERBYSGEN list administrator, send an email to > DERBYSGEN-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the DERBYSGEN mailing list, send an email to DERBYSGEN@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of DERBYSGEN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 472 > ***************************************** I am currently, with difficulty, transcribing/translating 6 pages of Latin from 1532. This is likely to take me a long time but if you haven't got anyone in a month or so, do come back to me. Also, if you can work out which bits are relevant, why not post on Rootschat? GR2 and Freckneale are very good , best wishes, Marie