Dear John, Guliemus is the Latin version of William, and Elizabetha is presumably a Latinised version of Elizabeth. Regards, Eleanor. On 16 Aug 2008, at 10:22, John Green wrote: > Hello Everyone, > Strangely, following the recent discussion regarding the > transcription of records I have, only in the last few days of my > research, encountered different transcriptions for the same event > and would appreciate comments on the following. > This concerns the marriage of one of my 5th Great Grandfathers. The > entry as transcribed in the SMI reads: > > Date: 25 May 1691 > Forename: William > Surname: Page > Spouse Forename Elizabeth > Spouse Surname Mocket > Parish/County Arlington, East Sussex > > The IGI extraction Batch No. M037701, Source call No. 0416351 reads > as follows: > > GULIELMUS PAGE Male > Marriages: > Spouse: Elizabetha Mocket > Marriage: 25 May 1691 Arlington, Sussex, England > > They were presumably transcribed from exactly the same record. That > being the case why are they different.? They cannot both be right.! > If anyone has access to the actual parish register I would be > interested to know what it actually reads. > Some words of wisdom please for I know that many of you have vastly > more experience than do I, a beginner by comparison. > This raises another question where does the name > Gulielmus originate from, is it Spanish or Italian for the name > William and are there any records giving information when such > families came into Sussex.? > Kind regards, John Green, 9502 in Ontario, Canada. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message