Hi Johnathan I too have found entries using the shorthand Josh and in my case there were two brothers Joseph and Joshua. Most confusing. BMD records helped to sort them out. Cheers Frank ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Whitehead" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 10:38 AM Subject: [SHEFF] Josh shorthand for Joseph > Dear List, > > I have a census entry for a Josh Glossop where I > cannot find a corresponding birth record as either > Josh or Joshua(h) and I'm left wondering if the name > could actually be a shorthand version of Joseph. The > name is written Jos and then a superscript h over a > dash, you can see the actual image here :- > > http://tinyurl.com/2htb52 > > what do other people think? > > Regards, > > Jonathan > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > What kind of emailer are you? Find out today - get a free analysis of your > email personality. Take the quiz at the Yahoo! Mail Championship. > http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.7/816 - Release Date: 23/05/2007 > 15:59 > >

Thanks to all who have replied on this, your responses have been most helpful. Jonathan ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Photos is now offering a quality print service from just 7p a photo. http://uk.photos.yahoo.com