Hi Pam I'd still go cautious - to me the Jury is still out. I'll go with the majority with reservations but its the Uppercase/Lowercase that still makes me pause - I'll still hang on to the general grammatical convention that suggests 1 Cap = 1 Word 2 Caps = 2 Words. Convention also says a Capital after a Full Stop so we write New York as N.Y. not Ny or even N.y. so I'd expect Discharged Dead as D.D. but I'm no expert so as I say I'll bow to the majority until something else comes along to show one way or the other. Call me stubborn but .... Cheers Ron -----Original Message----- From: PMR [mailto:cliveden@acenet.net.au] Sent: Sunday, 18 November 2007 12:23 PM To: Ron Philllips Subject: RE: [SXP] Meaning of Dd. Hello Ron Many thanks for your reply. 'Discharged Dead' seems to be the consensus of those who have it in their families. I've had a variety of suggestions as you can imagine! Was interested, too, in your reply to Marie. Cheers. Pam Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia -----Original Message----- From: Ron Philllips [mailto:ronphillips@netspace.net.au] Sent: Saturday, 17 November 2007 9:07 PM To: 'PMR' Subject: RE: [SXP] Meaning of Dd. A frequent Interpretation is "Died" or "Deceased". Don't know how that ties in with your research but I've occasionally seen it a such. Thats the problems with Acronyms and Abbreviations the are open to many different interpretations. I for one would not miss them if they disappear entirely - it would make life simpler!! Regards Ron Phillips Melbourne Australia -----Original Message----- From: sussex-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sussex-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of PMR Sent: Saturday, 17 November 2007 8:34 PM To: SSX-PLUS Mailing List Subject: [SXP] Meaning of Dd. Hello Listers Some of my rellies were in the Royal Navy. The enlistment details of one of them reads as follows: **George Robins aged 19y9m. 5'8". St Pancras Chichester. Dark brown hair; gey eyes, fresh complexionj. Horse dealer. Enlisted HQ Portsmouth. Dd 14 Aug 1850. Paid £20.** Can anyone tell me what Dd means please? I thought it could be died, but being paid £20 seems to go against this, unless it was paid to his family. The other thought was dismissed. Or maybe it is something else? Many thanks Pam Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUSSEX-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message