In the course of working with the 1851 census, I have come across an abbreviation that puzzles me, and I wonder whether any list member may be able to resolve my difficulty. The abbreviation is found in the 'Where born' box. The head of household, a widow, is listed as born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; next, her eldest son is recorded as born Chertsey, Surrey; then her second son is recorded as born London, Vauxhall. Just in front of the 'London' in this record are the initials ODG . or it might be ODF. If anyone knows the meaning of these initials, I should be most grateful for an explanation. Ian Buckley

Hi Ian Giving us the name of the people and/or reference of the page would enable us to check to see what it might say.... Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr Ian Buckley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 10:38 AM Subject: [OEL] 1851 Census abbreviation In the course of working with the 1851 census, I have come across an abbreviation that puzzles me, and I wonder whether any list member may be able to resolve my difficulty. The abbreviation is found in the 'Where born' box. The head of household, a widow, is listed as born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; next, her eldest son is recorded as born Chertsey, Surrey; then her second son is recorded as born London, Vauxhall. Just in front of the 'London' in this record are the initials ODG . or it might be ODF. If anyone knows the meaning of these initials, I should be most grateful for an explanation. Ian Buckley ==================================== 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message