I can give an update on my recent enquiry. Thanks to the archivist at the Dorset History Centre, who took the time to study the original register, the mystery word/abbreviation I need help with is definitely Jid. He pointed out that if the full form were Latin, J could be standing for capital I and so the mystery word could be Iid. Can anyone suggest a plausible meaning, please? It has occurred to me that it might stand for "second", ie "Christopher Eyers the 2nd" but I've never come across this usage before, only ever senior/junior.and I can't see it elsewhere in the register, whereas "Sen" does appear for some men. Iidem apparently is sometimes abbreviated to iid but wouldn't make sense here, I think. Thanks in advance, Robert My original [edited] query follows: >>>>>>>In a Dorset baptismal record [ for Jane daughter of Christopher Eyers Jid] 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).............<<<<<<<<<