> Von: Dianne [mailto:[email protected]] > Gesendet: Samstag, 10. August 2002 03:56 > > I am finding two kinds of symbols not covered in my list of > symbols, perhaps one of you know what they mean. > (they are on baptismal records, just before the date of baptism) > One is an "O" with a small dot in the center. > One looks like a cross, but has a little "o" on the top of it. > One is an "O" which looks like it has three dots in it, sorta > looks like a smily face without a smile. > > Thanks, > Dianne These don't look to me like commonly used sysmbols - possibly with one exeption: cross with an o on top could be the sysmbol for "female" used in biology and certainly known to genealogists and priests as well. This sign is also occasionally used to indicate "Friday" - then the o with a dot in the centre would be "Sunday": does this correspond to the days given? If it does, most likely the o with 3 dots will denote another day of the week, where the "official" symbol was more complicated, so the priest invented his own symbol. In this case I would expect a symbol with *each* date - is that the case? Beware - this is only guessing - could be completely wrong: one would have to see the original (likely several pages of it) for a more educated guess from the context. Did you check the first pages of the book for explanations? Which church records did you find it in, and what years? Possibly we can find someone who is researching there as well and has already figured it out. Best regards - Wolf