I have 2 queries which I hope someone can help me with. 1. Currently tanscribing 1849 March marriages and have an entry on 1849M1-B-0066 reading 'Barnfather Nicholas Houghton le Sp? XXIV 153'. If I transcribe the question mark, will WinBMD recognise this as an original entry or something that I have included? 2. On 1849M1-B-0068 I have several districts, Winchester, St. Giles and Durham (page 69) all followed by a mark which may be an early version of '&c', but looks nothing like it. I can't even describe what it looks like. Could someone maybe check it out and advise what I should transcribe? Regards Gordon

> *From:* "Gordon Cawthrow" <gordon.cawthrow@dsl.pipex.com> > *To:* FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com > > I have 2 queries which I hope someone can help me with. > > 1. Currently tanscribing 1849 March marriages and have an entry on > 1849M1-B-0066 reading 'Barnfather Nicholas Houghton le Sp? XXIV 153'. > If I transcribe the question mark, will WinBMD recognise this as an > original entry or something that I have included? That one looks like a lower-case 'g' written as a superscript to me, probably to signify the last letter of the District name (Houghton le Spring). > 2. On 1849M1-B-0068 I have several districts, Winchester, St. Giles and > Durham (page 69) all followed by a mark which may be an early version > of '&c', but looks nothing like it. I can't even describe what it looks > like. Could someone maybe check it out and advise what I should > transcribe? Sorry. No idea about those ones. Regards John K.Eason (freeBMD@john-eason.co.uk)