Peter J Richardson wrote: > Thanks for the reply. I have a couple of suspects, born in 1828 and 1845 but > the X does not help with handwriting analysis so it may end up being > guesswork. I will investigate and see if I can find anything. Hallo You may be able to determine quite a bit from the X. Was it shakey through age or just being not used to a pen. Was it a proper X or more of a +? Connie in London