In message <ktetqn$umi$1@speranza.aioe.org>, Keith Nuttle <Keith_Nuttle@sbcglobal.net> writes: >On 8/1/2013 6:49 PM, Richard Smith wrote: >> On 01/08/13 23:12, Steven Gibbs wrote: >>> >>>> http://richard.genmine.com/census/1851/MONDAY_Thomas.jpg My first attempt would be Elickshe. [] >I really do not see any way it can be Transcribed as Alicia. This is >based on the A in Ambras second line from the top compared in the name >in question on the eight line. Also compared the E to Elizabeth on >line 13 [] No, but as Anne says it could be a phonetic version of Alicia - in other words someone unfamiliar with the name Alicia wrote down what they heard. The E looks different to the one in Elizebeth (I've just noticed the spelling of that). It'd be good to get a different scam of the page of yo can, to see if it is different. Also the k (or could be h) doesn't to me match anything else on the page: it'd be worth looking at the surrounding pages to see if you can find a similar character. The c could be s. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?" - Jean Kerr