Hi Christine Ab is often found in Latin and is usually translated as "from" so possibly the Cowley is the mothers name and the Ab Dary, Sardus or Davy is that of the father and is a way of saying the child is illegitamate but gives an indication of the presumed or named father. Regards Tony -----Original Message----- From: Christine Jackson via Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2014 8:00 PM To: SFHG Subject: [SFHG] Help deciphering LDS entries? Hello Listers I wonder if someone can help me decipher a couple of entries in LDS/FamilySearch data? - not, I'm afraid, related to Sussex. I don't know if my questions are due to abbreviations with which I'm not familiar or errors/difficulties in transcription from the original handwritten register entries. I am particularly interested in the names: - Mary Cowley Ab Dary, & - Robert Cowley Ab Sardus Both came up in a search for Cowleys in Gloucestershire, but actually relate to a christening in Derbyshire. What could Ab Dary & Ab Sardus mean? I'm also interested in - Robte Cowley Or Darby - Easter Cowley Abs Daey, & - Robert Cowley Or Davy What could Abs Daey mean? Could Davy just be a misreading of the handwritten Dary? I'm including the full entries below for reference. Any thoughts would be much appreciated Happy New Year to all! Christine Jackson SFHG 397 ------------------- 1) Mary Cowley Ab Dary England Births and Christenings Name: Mary Cowley Ab Dary Gender: Female Christening Date: 06 Apr 1666 Christening Place: Eckington, Derbyshire, England Father's Name: Robert Cowley Ab Sardus Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C03111-6 , System Origin: England-EASy, GS Film number: 1785839 , Reference ID: item 1 Citing this Record "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NN5L-159 : accessed 28 December 2014), Mary Cowley Ab Dary, 06 Apr 1666; citing Bristol, Gloucester, England, reference item 1; FHL microfilm 1,785,839. 2) Robte Cowley Or Darby mentioned in the record of Cowley Or Darby Name: Robte Cowley Or Darby Gender: Male Child: Cowley Or Darby Other information in the record of Cowley Or Darby from England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers Name: Cowley Or Darby Event Type: Christening Event Date: 05 Oct 1662 Event Place: Eckington, Eckington, Derbyshire, England Father's Name: Robte Cowley Or Darby GS Film number: 1752149 , Digital Folder Number: 004172612 , Image Number: 00150 Citing this Record "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KB85-VHM : accessed 28 December 2014), Robte Cowley Or Darby in entry for Cowley Or Darby, 05 Oct 1662; citing Christening, Eckington, Eckington, Derbyshire, England, Record Office, Matlock; FHL microfilm 1,752,149. 3) England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 about Easter Cowley Abs Daey Name: Easter Cowley Abs Daey Gender: Female Death Place: Eckington, Derbyshire, England Burial Date: 12 Jul 1677 FHL Film Number: 1785839 Reference ID: P 17 Source Information: Ancestry.com. England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. 4) Robert Cowley Or Davy England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers Name: Robert Cowley Or Davy Event Type: Christening Event Date: 04 Sep 1653 Event Place: Eckington, Eckington, Derbyshire, England Gender: Male Father's Name: Robte Cowley Or Davy GS Film number: 1752149 , Digital Folder Number: 004172612 , Image Number: 00131 Citing this Record "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KB85-F96 : accessed 28 December 2014), Robert Cowley Or Davy, 04 Sep 1653; citing Christening, Eckington, Eckington, Derbyshire, England, Record Office, Matlock; FHL microfilm 1,752,149. ------------------------------- 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