Hello Susan, "a anwyd (after a person's name)" this is who was born. "de a py fawr" I suspect that this should read hon (or hwn depending on the sex of the individual) a bu farw. "Nuireford 18.1871" . This is obviously the name of a month, but which one? At a guess I would say Chwefror (February), is the most likely, but I would have to see the original to be absolutely certain. Pob hwyl Alwyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan" <susana@ncable.net.au> To: <WLS-CAERNARFONSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 10:10 AM Subject: [CAE] Meaning of words > Hi all, > I'm hoping someone could tell me the english meaning of some words please? > I have a hand written record of births in the front of a bible from 1863. I > have worked out the months from a list I was oncve given but stuck on a > couple of words. > > a anwyd (after a person's name) > de a py fawr Nuireford (sorry, this is hard to read) 18.1871. Was there an > old way of spelling months, this doesn't look like any on my list? > > Thanks very much, > Sue > Australia