Many thanks to Hilary, Nivard and Anna for finding Harriet!! One day I will be as good at this stuff as you all are!! Regards Jan PS Nivard - that was the people, what I was trying to find out was whether anyone had any knowledge of the school. ----- Original Message ----- From: "anna ashley" <anna.ashley@ntlworld.com> To: <leicestershire-plus@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 7:22 PM Subject: Re: [LEI] HARRIET ? b abt 1842 Leics,m abt 1861/62 to someone SIKES/SYKES

Just checking - can anyone tell me if "Jacobus" is the church latinized version of "James"? Anne Paling SHEFFIELD, U.K.

Yes it is James Pamela

Hi Anne Yes it is You may find this useful <http://freereg.rootsweb.com/howto/latinnames.htm> Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > Just checking - can anyone tell me if "Jacobus" is the church latinized > version of "James"? > > Anne Paling > SHEFFIELD, U.K.

You might find http://freereg.rootsweb.com/howto/realnames.htm useful Heather A P L wrote: > > Just checking - can anyone tell me if "Jacobus" is the church latinized version of "James"? > > Anne Paling > SHEFFIELD, U.K. >

Not a problem Jan I was somewhat lead astray by your original subject line which read ;-) "Re: [LEI] ST MATTHEWS, BERNERS ST, LEICS" So I naturally looked in Leicestershire :-) St Matthews is an estate in Leicester so you may understand why it was plausible The school you were enquiring about was in Ipswich so the place to post the enquiry would be Suffolk list At that time there were thousands of small private schools often ran by a spinster or widow with help from a sister or two the records for which rarely seem to have survived as they were private property Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > PS Nivard - that was the people, what I was trying to find out was whether > anyone had any knowledge of the school.