Could anybody with IGI and Scarborough knowledge help me understand an IGI entry please? It is for Mary Oman, christened in "Scarborough, Bts, Yorkshire" and the name is written as <Oman> Only the mother, Jane, is named. Are the brackets some way of saying she had no father? I had not seen this before. What exactly is Scarborough bts? Dare I ask! If anyone has access to the records, I would love to know if anything more is said. I am pretty sure she is the lady who married my John Clarkson in Seamer in 1812. Thanks again Dennis

Hi Dennis, I have had a look at this entry for Mary Oman, and it does look like she was illegitimate, as only her mother's name is on the Christening. I have no idea what the Bts means though. Cheers Wendy Dennis Corbett wrote: > Could anybody with IGI and Scarborough knowledge help me understand an IGI > entry please? > > It is for Mary Oman, christened in "Scarborough, Bts, Yorkshire" and the > name is written as <Oman> > > Only the mother, Jane, is named. Are the brackets some way of saying she had > no father? I had not seen this before. What exactly is Scarborough bts? Dare > I ask! If anyone has access to the records, I would love to know if anything > more is said. I am pretty sure she is the lady who married my John Clarkson > in Seamer in 1812. > > Thanks again > > Dennis > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

At 09:53 AM 28/01/2008 +0900, you wrote: >have no idea what the Bts means though. Bt means Bishops Transcri9pts I think. Gary in Sunny Queensland, Australia. Genealogy Page <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liddellfamily/>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liddellfamily/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.13/1246 - Release Date: 27/01/2008 6:39 PM

suggest Bts mean bishops transcripts which means the parish registers would be worth a look as well john ferguson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Corbett" <denniscorbett@denniscorbett.e.telefonica.net> To: <eng-east-yorks@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 11:07 PM Subject: [ENG-EAST-YORKS] Seamer baptism > Could anybody with IGI and Scarborough knowledge help me understand an IGI > entry please? > > It is for Mary Oman, christened in "Scarborough, Bts, Yorkshire" and the > name is written as <Oman> > > Only the mother, Jane, is named. Are the brackets some way of saying she > had > no father? I had not seen this before. What exactly is Scarborough bts? > Dare > I ask! If anyone has access to the records, I would love to know if > anything > more is said. I am pretty sure she is the lady who married my John > Clarkson > in Seamer in 1812. > > Thanks again > > Dennis > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >