G'day everyone. I've got a problem. I have a copy of Ducatus Leodiensis, which has a few family trees I'm interested in. I need some help with the abbreviations. For example, one person married Ald. Jere. Barstow of Leeds. ob s.p. 20 Aug 1742. Does anyone know what s.p. stands for? In some locations obt is before a date, so I presume ob and obt are obituary, so I can use this as a death date. Does anyone know what Ald. Jere. would be short for? I know most name abbreviatios, but these are new to me. I also have a Mr Robt Jackson, Rector of Tatham, Com, Lane. Does anyone know what Com. Lane. stands for? Thanks Terry Foxcroft Australia

Terry, A possibility for ob. s.p. might be OB = obit. = Died. S.P. = Sine Prole = Without offspring Ian Saunders Suffolk UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry and Tracey" <middleton@foxcrofts.com> To: <ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 7:00 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L] Belgium Lancashire Fusilier > G'day everyone. > > I've got a problem. I have a copy of Ducatus Leodiensis, which has a few > family trees I'm interested in. I need some help with the abbreviations. > > For example, one person married Ald. Jere. Barstow of Leeds. ob s.p. 20 Aug > 1742. > > Does anyone know what s.p. stands for? In some locations obt is before a > date, so I presume ob and obt are obituary, so I can use this as a death > date. > > Does anyone know what Ald. Jere. would be short for? I know most name > abbreviatios, but these are new to me. > > I also have a Mr Robt Jackson, Rector of Tatham, Com, Lane. > Does anyone know what Com. Lane. stands for? > > Thanks > > Terry Foxcroft > Australia > > > ==== ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON Mailing List ==== > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~emmaw/ for free Web Editor software. > Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.0/27 - Release Date: 23/06/05 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.0/27 - Release Date: 23/06/05

Com. Lane should be Com. Lanc. = Comitatus Lancastriensis = County of Lancaster = Lancashire! Tatham is about 10 miles up the Lune Valley from Lancaster. Not being sure of my Latin, I put that into google and came up with the following site where you find it under L. http://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_locorum_in_Regno_Unito Jere. should be Jeremiah or Jeremy. Ald. is Alderman. John Terry and Tracey <middleton@foxcrofts.com> wrote: G'day everyone. I've got a problem. I have a copy of Ducatus Leodiensis, which has a few family trees I'm interested in. I need some help with the abbreviations. For example, one person married Ald. Jere. Barstow of Leeds. ob s.p. 20 Aug 1742. Does anyone know what s.p. stands for? In some locations obt is before a date, so I presume ob and obt are obituary, so I can use this as a death date. Does anyone know what Ald. Jere. would be short for? I know most name abbreviatios, but these are new to me. I also have a Mr Robt Jackson, Rector of Tatham, Com, Lane. Does anyone know what Com. Lane. stands for? Thanks Terry Foxcroft Australia ==== ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON Mailing List ==== http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~emmaw/ for free Web Editor software. Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi

Thnaks very much. However, I neglected to say that Jere. Ald is a female. Is is written as the second wife of one of the people in the tree. Sam. Foxcroft ==>2. Ald. Jere. obt. 10 Oct 1713 Barstow of Leeds s.p ob s.p. 20 Aug 1742. I hope this emails OK. Thanks again. It makes things so much clearer! Foxy ----- Original Message ----- Com. Lane should be Com. Lanc. = Comitatus Lancastriensis = County of Lancaster = Lancashire! Tatham is about 10 miles up the Lune Valley from Lancaster. Not being sure of my Latin, I put that into google and came up with the following site where you find it under L. http://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_locorum_in_Regno_Unito Jere. should be Jeremiah or Jeremy. Ald. is Alderman.