On 2011/07/01 18:26, Richard wrote: > Those FreeReg Transcribers do know their stuff, don't they? We try and give that impression :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg

We do indeed. I would also like to point out if you think we have made a mistake you can report it to the freereg site and we (I most likely) will check it (eventually :)). As for the discussion - Ales and also Alse and Alce are common early versions of Alice. Someone suggested Alen - that is not a name common in Norfolk in those days. http://www.freereg.org.uk/howto/realnames.htm and http://www.freereg.org.uk/howto/latinnames.htm give you some of the more common names from the 1500-1800s. The newer names tend to come in from the mid 1850s. Julie On 01/07/2011 23:50, Mike Fry wrote: > On 2011/07/01 18:26, Richard wrote: > >> Those FreeReg Transcribers do know their stuff, don't they? > We try and give that impression :-) > -- Julie Harold FreeREG Norfolk Coordinator http://www.freereg.org.uk