On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 06:35:30 -0800 idirlion@me.com wrote: > I have some 1771 PA meeting notes that supposedly show a "Susanna", >mother in law of Jozabed Lodge, signing a removal request for her > daughter and son in law. > > Would anyone be willing to take a gander at this, and tell me, do >they see her signature? > > Thanks for any help. > > best, > Paul > Paul, Your request contains not even minimal information regarding where or when the removal request took place. As a result, I can only offer the most general of responses. To answer your request would require a look at original records, which are generally only available in research libraries or in some cases via loan from the Mormon library in Salt Lake City. Both of these involve expense, either for travel or for shipping. Therefore, I think you will have to do your own research. I recommend http://www.quakermeetings.com/ to you. There you can look up the specific meeting where your event took place. Among the information returned will be details on what records of the meeting exist, where they are kept, and what microfilms have been made. Having said that, I must say that in decades of hobby-level research in original Quaker records or microfilms of them, I can't recall ever having seen an original signature. The records I have seen are entirely in the handwriting of the clerks. -- Dan Treadway P. O. Box 72 Gilbert IA 50105 treadway@netins.net http://showcase.netins.net/web/treadway/