Dear Nannette, Do you have a copy with the actual headings of the marriage register? If not, try the St. Louis Public Library. They should be able to tell you what the headings are and that might tell you what the codes are. Since the bride is a minor, maybe the number 3 refers to that? Do you think that what you are calling a minus sign, might be just a dash drawn to indicate that there is no information required? Maybe the number after the name is the ward #? Regarding the policeman, could Col. stand for Colorado? Georgia Nannette wrote: > I have two documents, one is for St.Louis Policemen in 1921-22 on probationary or enlisted, and on 4-5 has :place of birth U.S. ...Col... ?????? > The other on a alpha page sent along with my Grt.Grandparents marriage registry (1875) after each couple's names there is a number in parenthesis then a minus sign,and I see 2 that also have (cold.)after the man's name for 1880, one with (col.) for 1867. > Can anyone help by way of explanation what these would mean?? > I'm wondering if the (col.) & (cold.) are for race codes, but I'm at a loss to what the number is on this marriage listing! > Sample: > Warfield James (col.) & M.E. Robinson (3) - Nov.1867 > age 24 & wife 17,both single, loc.of marriage,loc of birth, loc.of res. both parents names and (parents consent.) Husband's occupation: laborer. > Warner,Amanda and G.B.Nunburger (3) - Aug.1,1882 > Warick,Thompson (cold.) Sabina Carey (3) - Sept.20,1880 > Thanks, > Nannette > > Nannette > > Reasearching Surnames: WARFIELD Mitchell McConnell HEUGELE Rowbotham STIENECKE Summerman VanGels Berger COLLINS DUNNAVANT PARRISH . States: Md,Mo.,WV.,Wi. > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! News - Today's headlines > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > To ask for a lookup or volunteer to do acts of genealogical kindess, visit Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http://www.RAOGK.org. --
col. Color; colored Col. Colonel; Colorado COL Agricultural colony Dictionary abbreviations. Gina -----Original Message----- From: Your Name [mailto:georgia@corpsie.com] Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 6:51 PM To: MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [StL-Metro] Need HELP!! with abbreviations on documents Dear Nannette, Do you have a copy with the actual headings of the marriage register? If not, try the St. Louis Public Library. They should be able to tell you what the headings are and that might tell you what the codes are. Since the bride is a minor, maybe the number 3 refers to that? Do you think that what you are calling a minus sign, might be just a dash drawn to indicate that there is no information required? Maybe the number after the name is the ward #? Regarding the policeman, could Col. stand for Colorado? Georgia Nannette wrote: > I have two documents, one is for St.Louis Policemen in 1921-22 on > probationary or enlisted, and on 4-5 has :place of birth U.S. ...Col... ?????? > The other on a alpha page sent along with my Grt.Grandparents marriage > registry (1875) after each couple's names there is a number in parenthesis then a minus sign,and I see 2 that also have (cold.)after the man's name for 1880, one with (col.) for 1867. > Can anyone help by way of explanation what these would mean?? I'm > wondering if the (col.) & (cold.) are for race codes, but I'm at a > loss to what the number is on this marriage listing! > Sample: > Warfield James (col.) & M.E. Robinson (3) - Nov.1867 > age 24 & wife 17,both single, loc.of marriage,loc of birth, loc.of res. both parents names and (parents consent.) Husband's occupation: laborer. > Warner,Amanda and G.B.Nunburger (3) - Aug.1,1882 > Warick,Thompson (cold.) Sabina Carey (3) - Sept.20,1880 > Thanks, > Nannette > > Nannette > > Reasearching Surnames: WARFIELD Mitchell McConnell HEUGELE Rowbotham > STIENECKE Summerman VanGels Berger COLLINS DUNNAVANT PARRISH . States: Md,Mo.,WV.,Wi. > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! News - Today's headlines > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > To ask for a lookup or volunteer to do acts of genealogical kindess, > visit Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http://www.RAOGK.org. -- ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== For tips on researching St. Louis Church Records: http://members.gtw.net/~seamus/churchrecords.htm