Yvonne, It is entirely possible. I have found in transcribing that a word badly written can look like something different. Also I have found that the same surnames are written (or heard) differently from registrar to registrar. Also, try checking your surnames with 'Black's surnames of Scotland' and you can often confirm whether the spelling is 'likely'. I would bet that your Newport/Newbat dilemma is just a transcription error. Elizabeth > From: YvonnePurdy <von@yvonnepurdy.free-online.co.uk> > Reply-To: <eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com> > Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:31:16 -0000 > To: <eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Hannah NEWPORT or is it NEWBAT? > > Hi all, > > > > I'm trying to follow in Gordon's footsteps with a bit of lateral thinking. > Hannah Silcock (Sincock's) burial > gives her age in 1795 as 61, therefore she should be born c.1734. I've just > come across a baptism in Cprd, in > Bidston, on 26 May 1735 of a Hannah NEWBAT, daughter of John, Occupation > *Householde, SAGH. Could this > possibly be Hannah NEWPORT, and her dad had (a) a heavy cold, (b) a strong > accent, or (c) the vicar was > slightly hard of hearing? > > > > Kind regards, Yvonne > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message