My guess is that these people signed with a mark (often a cross) and not a proper signature. Very common in old documents, when only a small proportion of the population could write. Ruth -----Original Message----- From: John Evans (jhe365) <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 20:56 Subject: [POWYS] Glasbury PR Transcription (was: Re: Roll call ~ FARR) Hi Howard, Since you have just transcribed the Glasbury PRs perhaps you an answer a question for me. The downloadable PDF from he URL below shows many of the participants in marriages with '+' sign after their names. It seems this can apply to bride, room, or the witnesses. I haven't seen this before, and it doesn't seem to be defined nywhere in Thomas Wood's book. Is it shorthand for 'of this parish'? ecause, if so, how do I make sense of an entry like this on page 229: "1803 May 27th John Evans + of Clifford and Sarah Burgwyn +, it., John Michael, Ann Evans +" where it looks as though John Evans is from the parish of Clifford? egards, John Evans [By the way - your transcription does seem to up on FreeREG now!] ---- Original Message ----- Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:15:06 -0700 From: "Howard" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [POWYS] Roll call ~ FARR To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" For all Glasbury seekers. Perhaps many of you know of this, but thought I would share it for those who don't know. The Glasbury and Breconshire (mainly Glasbury) records can be found at: http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=glasbury%20register%20AND%20collecti on:americana They can be downloaded and searched. I have just transcribed the records for FreeReg and don't know if they've been uploaded yet. Howard ================== isit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message