>Hi Scribes, > >I am at present 'doing' the handwritten 1845 births for Morgan, >amongst the countless numbers of John, David & Mary I have found one >given name that has me totally dumbfounded. >It appears after Julia, but, before Lewis, to me it appears to be ; > Le___happuck >there are approx. three letters in the name that I am not able to decipher! > >Has anyone any idea what name it is? > >Tony M It's probably 'Kerenhappuch' or a variant. The name means 'horn of paint' (?) and appears in the Old Testament at the end of the Book of Job (Chap 42, verse 14). If you can provide the quarter year I can look up the _actual_ spelling for you this week in the original index at the FRC, London. -- Best regards Dick Jones Leigh-on-Sea Essex UK mailto://[email protected]