In a message dated 2/3/2004 12:15:50 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > > Hi! Can anyone tell me what jm means after the name of a male in a list and > marriages and also the jd after the female? Thanks > > Mal Eckert > > jm is the initial of the Dutch word "young man and jd is the initial for "young daughter" and mean not necessarily that the contracting parties were young but that they had never before been married. Don White