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.