David - thank you so much! this clears up the mystery - there are several other Masons with ius endings on the same film. Carolyn At 06:29 PM 1/4/2011, you wrote: >Carolyn, > >The early parish registers were often written in Latin. In the microfilm >I'm currently reading (Arthuret, Cumbria), latin was used into the 1720s. >The "-us" ending is the nominative and the "-i" ending is the genitive case. > >So an English entry of "Savage son of Henry Mason" would be written as >"Savagius filius Henrici Mason". > >This IGI entry is extracted from the transcript of the Farnworth register >published by the Lancashire Parish Register Society. (Click on the Source >Call No. at the foot of the page). > >I've recommended before on the Liverpool list that you should order the >microfilms of the parish registers into your local LDS library as there is >often more information than what is extracted to go into the IGI and thus >available on-line. > >David Armstrong >Maylands, >Western Australia > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Carolyn Parker >Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 5:48 AM > >Thank you so much for your interest and suggestions.Do you think >"Savagius" could be my "Savage?" What is the origin of Savagius? > >At 03:26 PM 1/4/2011, you wrote: > >At 01:45 AM 4/01/2011, Carolyn Parker wrote: > > >Hi Graham, > > >Savage Mason, died May 8, 1739, Childwell, Lancashire; > > >married Hannah ??, about 1690; > > >Sevaral children , including Rebekah, born between 1691-1705; all in > > >Childwell; > > >That's all I know! > > > >Hi Carolyn > > > >Christening: 05 JUL 1663 Farnworth Near Prescot, Lancashire, England > >Savagius Mason. > >Father: Henrici Mason. > > >My first reaction was that it would be of much use, but perhaps > >if you go to FamilySearch and go back to the old version, then enter > >Family History Library, go to the library catalog, and then enter > >under 'Place Name' Farnworth (near Preston) 'cos there are two of > >them, go to Church Records and you will find a host of microfilms > >which may enable you to solve your problem. > > > > > > >Good fortune > >Graham > >Melbourne > >Oz > > >REMEMBER - The question you are asking may have already been answered. >Threaded Archives at - >http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS/Archives > >Searchable Archives at - >http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message