In a Dorset baptismal record in a parish register in 1687, the father's name (Christopher Eyers) is followed by what I read a few weeks ago as Jid. Today I found the father's burial record in 1701 - this time I read the word/abbreviation after his surname as Jid or fid (not Fid). No other entry that I've seen in this register has this word. It's not Sen or Jun (wrong shapes for the letters and I've also seen Sen elsewhere). The i and d seem quite clear - I'm not so sure of the J or possibly the f (it's not F, which is written as ff here). It's not a placename (no "of" before it, as occurs for other entries). Since this occurs in the burial record as well, it can't be one of the abbreviations ux etc which denotes "and of his wife" in the baptismal records. It's not Wid (which is used elsewhere for widows). I would be grateful for any suggestions - the duty archivist had not come across my reading before ( he didn't get a chance to view the microfilm for himself) so I'm probably just misreading the entries and I'll kick myself at sometime but in case I'm not , what do you think? Best wishes to all listers, Robert Hillier