Thanks to all who replied to my original posting. I am inclined to believe that Jonathan is the correct name, on the basis of - (1) the name John appears many times in the Kildare register without abbreviation, yet my ancestors name seems to be abbreviated every time (2) one entry for my ancestors name is written as (what looks like) Jnt., which could only Jonathan, not John I hope to revisit the Kildare register in the National Library Dublin soon and will check again on whether there are any examples in this register where the priest seems to use Jno. for John. John "John Malone" <jjmalone@eircom.net> wrote in message news:tNpwf.4248$j7.95469@news.indigo.ie... > Hi All, > Can anyone tell me what name the abbreviation "Jno." stands for? > It seems to be fairly common in records. I have a man whose name appears as > "Jno" or "Jnt" or "Jny" in the Kildare parish baptisimal record entries for > his various children. Yet according to records in the FamilySearch.org IGI > data for his daughters' marriages, his name was Jeremiah. How could Jno be > short for Jeremiah?? > > John > >

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:00:40 -0000, John Malone wrote: > I am inclined to believe that Jonathan is the correct name, on the basis > of - > (1) the name John appears many times in the Kildare register without > abbreviation, yet my ancestors name seems to be abbreviated every time > (2) one entry for my ancestors name is written as (what looks like) Jnt., > which could only Jonathan, not John > > I hope to revisit the Kildare register in the National Library Dublin soon > and will check again on whether there are any examples in this register > where the priest seems to use Jno. for John. Jnt would be Jonathan, but Jno is very definitely John. Whether the name is spelt out in full or abbreviated depends on the priest in charge, how he felt at the time of completing the register, what else was going on, if he was in a hurry, who actually completed it and any number of other reasons. I've seen registers where the same priest has sometimes entered John and other times Jno. Don't be too adamant or you might miss something important because you are so sure the name should be one thing rather than another.

"Charani" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:43c4de1e$0$16702$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net... > On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:00:40 -0000, John Malone wrote: > >> I am inclined to believe that Jonathan is the correct name, on the basis >> of - >> (1) the name John appears many times in the Kildare register without >> abbreviation, yet my ancestors name seems to be abbreviated every time >> (2) one entry for my ancestors name is written as (what looks like) Jnt., >> which could only Jonathan, not John JNO can be recorded for JOHN, my grandfather is John William b. 1886 and is recorded as JNO in the index and also in the 1891 and 1901 census, if you try to search for him as John William he does not show. His birth cert has him as John William. Mike.