A friend of mine is working on microfiche copies of the parish registers of Rode in Somerset. He has come across a date which he says is written: XXVX Does anyone know what number this represents? He is sure that the third character is a V not an I. Debbie Kennett

Debbie, it's not 25th October by any chance is it, with the month mixed up with the days?? A bit unlikely but ... Lyn B ----- Original Message ----- From: <DEBBIEKENNETT@aol.com> To: <OLD-ENGLISH@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 12:06 PM Subject: [OEL] XXVX date > > A friend of mine is working on microfiche copies of the parish registers > of > Rode in Somerset. He has come across a date which he says is written: > > XXVX > > Does anyone know what number this represents? He is sure that the third > character is a V not an I. > > Debbie Kennett > > > ==================================== > WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OLD-ENGLISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Also a bit unlikely, but might the final X be a misread 'th', ie 25th? Otherwise I'm at a loss to explain it. Could you ask your friend for a bit of the context? Matt -----Original Message----- From: Lyn Boothman Debbie, it's not 25th October by any chance is it, with the month mixed up with the days?? A bit unlikely but ... Lyn B ----- Original Message ----- From: <DEBBIEKENNETT@aol.com> > A friend of mine is working on microfiche copies of the parish registers > of > Rode in Somerset. He has come across a date which he says is written: > > XXVX > > Does anyone know what number this represents? He is sure that the third > character is a V not an I. > > Debbie Kennett