In message <000401c3f5c9$fad069a0$e7e20ad2@margmorse>, Marg Morse <margmorse@smartchat.net.au> writes >Good morning all, > I have been sent pages from a old family bible >and along side the Baptism entries >there are three names with the word Gossips >Could this be sort of godparents, How delightful - it is the long obsolete word for god -sibs, god=relations or godparents. I have not seen this later than about 1790. > although mostly they were >grandparents of the babe. quite usual -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

Good Morning - Certainly is delightful and it shall be added to my definitions page. Might just view my next-door neighbours with a little more reverence now :-) Kind Regards June & Roy http://www.btinternet.com/~roy.cox/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: Eve McLaughlin [mailto:eve@varneys.demon.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 10:55 PM To: OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OEL] Bible pages In message <000401c3f5c9$fad069a0$e7e20ad2@margmorse>, Marg Morse <margmorse@smartchat.net.au> writes >Good morning all, > I have been sent pages from a old family bible and along side the >Baptism entries there are three names with the word Gossips Could this >be sort of godparents, How delightful - it is the long obsolete word for god -sibs, god=relations or godparents. I have not seen this later than about 1790. > although mostly they were >grandparents of the babe. quite usual -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== OLD-ENGLISH Web Page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/