In message <40C93A4B.4E2819CC@sun.com>, Jenny Joyce <Jenny.Joyce@Sun.COM> writes >Hi everyone, > >We are looking at a will dated 1592. In it one of the people mention is >either Iedy, Jedy or Jody. The person who wrote it forms his I's the >same way he forms his J's. > >If it is Iedy, could this be a pet name for Edith? Well, Edy and Edye are regular and Judy for Judith is possible is the vowel is in doubt. Jody is a modern invention. Is it definitely a female though? If nopt, then Toby must be a starter, because in some handwritings, the b can look like a d in others. -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society