Hello All: While transcribing the WPA records, a volunteer came across the following: "20 Ledna 1849-10 Srpna 1910" - and "d. ae 18 ridna 1870, age 60" - "ae" I always thought meant "age". I assume the first part is the birth and death dates? Help?!! Thanks -- Nettie Mae Lucas, Coordinator Iowa USGenWeb Archives Project: _http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ia/iafiles.htm_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ia/iafiles.htm)

It's Czech: 20 January 1849 - 10 August 1910 Still working on the rest of the entry. Constance ----- Original Message ----- From: IAGWArchives@aol.com To: IOWA-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 4:06 PM Subject: [IOWA] Cemetery transcript question Hello All: While transcribing the WPA records, a volunteer came across the following: "20 Ledna 1849-10 Srpna 1910" - and "d. ae 18 ridna 1870, age 60" - "ae" I always thought meant "age". I assume the first part is the birth and death dates? Help?!! Thanks -- Nettie Mae Lucas, Coordinator Iowa USGenWeb Archives Project: _http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ia/iafiles.htm_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ia/iafiles.htm) ==== IOWA Mailing List ==== The IOWA Lists now have their own website with unsub instructions, list rules and other useful information. Visit & Bookmark http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.5 - Release Date: 12/26/2004 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.5 - Release Date: 12/26/2004

These words are Czech, I think - they are the names of the months Ledna -January Srpna - August so 20 Jan 1849 to 10 August 1910, and Ridna - October [this should actually be Rijna, with accent marks I can't duplicate] the ae might be asi - about, circa about 18 October 1870 If you go to www.familysearch.org, click on research guidance, then click on Czech Genealogical Word List, you can download this page as a pdf file. There are all sorts of other pages there as well. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: <IAGWArchives@aol.com> To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 7:06 PM Subject: [IOWA] Cemetery transcript question > Hello All: While transcribing the WPA records, a volunteer came across the > following: > > > "20 Ledna 1849-10 Srpna 1910" - and > "d. ae 18 ridna 1870, age 60" - > > "ae" I always thought meant "age". I assume the first part is the birth and > death dates? Help?!! > Thanks -- > > > Nettie Mae Lucas, Coordinator > Iowa USGenWeb Archives Project: > _http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ia/iafiles.htm_ > (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ia/iafiles.htm) > > > ==== IOWA Mailing List ==== > The IOWA Lists now have their own website with unsub > instructions, list rules and other useful information. > Visit & Bookmark http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >