-----Original Message----- Earl V Kueny <[email protected]> wrote: Just a thought on the autograph book re Jno Wells. Jno was a Scandinavian way of spelling John/Jon. I worked with a police officer in Des Moines, IA that spelled his first name Jno, and he explained the spelling to me And, Earl, Jno. is a historical English abbreviation for JOHN. Source: Webster's Dictionary. Quite common.