Glenda: I have tried to translate all 15 of the James pages that Blair Tavener did and have had some limited success. The best clues come from the meticulous format that he used and the repetition of various abbreviations. Almost without exception the format was: First Name Small number above name (date of birth and death) Son or Daughter to Married (m) or Unmarried (unm) Date of marriage Spouse (date of birth and death) Son or Daughter to Notes Where he lived Occupation Where he went The Notes portion was the most difficult part of course. In some instances I enlarged the word to fill the entire screen to determine the exact spelling. Blair was very consistent and used the same identical abbreviations throughout so if you figure one out you had many problems solved. I had the most difficulty with the towns. He wrote: 1775 tithe ShelPsh Blumt Clpr, LCo no clil lv Hamet *(Shawen ho) lv Lovtvl vc *Fx *Arlg *Ash, Fq *fc 1973 *fun deiac Leesb *$10M 1850 *items I still don't know what they mean. Send me your page and I'll do what I can for you. Gerald James Dallas, TX ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenda Argo" <argo2@mindspring.com> To: <VALOUDOU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 8:42 PM Subject: [VALOUDOU-L] Transcription Help Please! > Hello, > I am hoping that someone on the list is familiar with THE CHARLES BLAIR > TAVENER COLLECTION. I received a page, containing a surname I am > researching, from a volunteer from Thomas Balch Library. A sample to help > with transcription was sent with that page, but the sample did not include > the abbreviations that would help me. > > I wonder if someone on the list has had some experience transcribing > this Tavener Collection? If so, would you be willing to look at a scanned > copy of my page to see if you can tell me what it says? > > I would certainly appreciate the help.....thank you. > > Glenda > > > ==== VALOUDOU Mailing List ==== > Join the Loudoun Co., VA Genealogical Society! > For information contact: > Loudoun Genealogy Club > P.O. Box 254 > Leesburg, VA 20178 > Annual Dues are only $10 > >