Hi, there may be something in the A2A site , I should just put Bailey and 1715-1724 and Devon in the keyword boxes .......you may be lucky . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graeme M Bailey" <graeme@baileynet.com.au> To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2013 10:02 AM Subject: [DEV] Meaning of "[et populi]" in baptism record? > Greetings > Can anyone help with the meaning of an entry in a baptism: > > John Tender ye son of Gartrud Bailey [et Populi] was baptized on ye 18th > August 1718 > > 1. Does this mean that a fellow whose surname was Tender had a child by > Gartrud Bailey, but Mr Tender has not married her and she is having the > boy baptized as John Tender, the son of Gartrud Bailey... > > or > > 2. The boy is being baptized by his mother, Gartrud Bailey and that his > name is John Tender Bailey > > Can anyone help with the expression 'et Populi' in this context? > > Best regards > Graeme > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >