Hello, I've found a signature from 1717 with a rather unusual ending -- I'm not sure whether it is just an eccentric flourish or signifies something. I have posted an image here http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/message/5538/surnames.johnson/17448 I wonder if anyone has come across something similar? This is someone who signed hundreds of documents, so perhaps he was just amusing himself with a doodle. I've found two others with a similar ending, but mostly he signs without any flourish. thanks, Michael -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/434 - Release Date: 30/08/2006