Hi Ron, I'd be pretty comfortable with reading all three as NK (just NK for William and Charles, and Do. NK for Emma) - aside from being by far the most likely short abbreviation to be used here, the N is the same as in Novrad and other Ns on the page, and in interpreting a K, it can help to look at an H - a K is often a slightly loopier version of the writer's H. Looks like that to me here, and it's only because he hasn't done a great job of connecting the "|" with the "<" of the K that it looks like LL or SL. Cheers, Katherine On 18/08/2011 10:44 AM, Ron Lankshear wrote: > 1851 census has some to me confusing squiggles for > place born. > Could I please ask for opinions on these squiggles > > There are William Charles John and Emma SKEGGS on > this page > > HO107; Piece: 1712; Folio: 163; Page: 18 > its a workhouse in Hatfield > > They have Do or Ditto for county and then > something like LL or SL after > > Come down to Emma Skeggs who has Do for Middx > after Charlotte and Sarah NOVRAD from Shoreditch > and Hoxton > > But then Emma has what looks like a N followed by > the LL or SL similar to William and Charles up above. > The N is similar to the Northaw for John Skeggs. > > So I am wondering if the squiggles are really NK > and sometimes just a K

Many Thanks to Katherine and Margaret and Hildi Yes it does look like that flowery hand is NK Could be Charles is from Leyton etc I am checking on what I can find Ron Lankshear -Sydney NSW (from London-Shepherds Bush/Chiswick) try my links http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lankshear/