I believe that would be the abbreviation for Jonathon, although that doesn't make sense for James. Perhaps the census taker got the name wrong? Wouldn't be the first time! Barb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marie Butcher" <mbutcher14901@yahoo.com> To: <ILMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 3:24 PM Subject: [ILMORGAN] A question for all of my groups > Hi all > A question I have and thought maybe a lot of other people have the question, too. I frequently see men's names as JNO as in > Jno. McElmuny, Jr (http://www.iltrails.org/ILSettlers.html) > > I just saw the above at ILTRAILS.ORG but I've seen it on census listings and other places, too. Can anyone tell me what it means? To look at it, I would assume JOHN but that doesn't seem to be true always as my ancestor, James Watson, was enumerated as Jno Watson on one census. > > Marie > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > > > ==== ILMORGAN Mailing List ==== > Contribute your Morgan County ancestors Obit; Probate/Will; Deeds; Bible Records; > Photo's; Pensions; any Misc. items to the Morgan County ILGenWeb Page or to GenConnect > Cluster Boards. > >