At 07:20 AM 1/21/2009, Joann H. Nichols wrote: >It would be interesting to see the original recording. In each of the entries that she gave, the literal transcription follows the year and capitalized surname. See "A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, Containing Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825" (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1890; Second Impression 1891). Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net ____________________________________________________________ Internet Security Software - Click here. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/PnY6rw1a6N7d1l9zTWwje1PfBTykyHky9To6PJ8vpLEpnXKMt3KP4/

According to "The New A to Zax" A Comprehensive Genealogical Dictionary For Genealogists and Historians, Second Edition, by Barbara Jean Evans, p. 270 Tertius: the third. One of three names added when there are three people who have the same surname in the same place, e.g. Smith minor, Smith major, Smith tertius. Susan M. ************************************************* "If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance." -- George Bernard Shaw Columbia County, NY Coordinator http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/columbia/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GENMASSACHUSETTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message