On 2015-01-10 12:04:37 +0000, [email protected] said: > The burial register of Brindle St Joseph RC, Lancashire, has this > "priest's Latin" entry. > > 1750 Aug 9 Joanna Ashton vidua Longaeva nata Gandari in Flandria > > I think "vidua" is widow, and "Longaeva" might be "very old" (or very > tall, but old is more likely). "Nata" is "born at" and I assume > "Flandria" is Flanders. Any guesses at where "Gandari" might be? Ghent? The Wikipedia article doesn't mention Gandari, but it does say "Most historians believe that the older name for Ghent, 'Ganda', is derived from the Celtic word ganda which means confluence." The modern name in French is Gand, and in Flemish it is Gent. -- athel