My grandmother was an educated woman who could read and write very well. Yet on documents that were signed by both my grandfather and her she would use the x. Catherine Victoria BC Elaine Robinson <elainer@cogeco.ca> wrote: Hi A number of years ago I went to and OGS lecture where it was explained that the X did not necessarily mean the person could not write. However, I have since forgotten what the reason was. The lecturer was Fawne Stratford-Devai who is well known and an expert on many subjects......so I took her word for it. Now if I could just find my notes...... Elaine Robinson ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLEOFMULL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message