Anybody able to assist in a certificate transcription please??

[PabloC]

Afternoon,

I was wondering if anybody might be able to help in transcribing a small element of a birth certificate that I recently ordered.

I'm trying to determine the maiden name of my great, great, great grandmother Elizabeth Cuddy (1803ish - 1873). It appears to be a four letter surname, ending, it would appear, with an 'f', preceded by an 'o', however, the quality is not very good.

How do I stand in terms of copyright if I was to scan and post an image of the certificate on-line?

Obviously, I could order a second birth cert of another of her children, but I might end up with the same problem!

She was born in the Whitchurch area of Shropshire, if that's of any help!

Regards


Paul

[PrueM]

Hi Paul 

If you scan just a portion of the cert (the bit you're having trouble with, plus a bit more for handwriting comparison) you will not be in breach of copyright.

Cheers
Prue

[PabloC]

Right,

I've scanned the certificate, with the part in question, plus the next three columns, as the text best for comparison is within the third or fourth. Is this okay?

Paul

[Pinetree]

Paul

I'm sure that will be fine to post.

Pinetree

[PabloC]

Right,

Here goes...

Paul

[behindthefrogs]

It looks like Cox to me

[Ruskie]

I think it looks like Cof (doesn't sound like a proper name though) and the"f" looks a bit different to the "f" in formerly and the "f" in of.

[Pinetree]

From IGI an Elizabeth COX was baptised at Whitchurch on 4 Sep 1808 daughter of William and Ann Cox.

Pinetree

[PabloC]

Hello Pinetree,

How do you search the IGI Index? This sounds promising, however, there seems to be a discrepancy in the birth year by up to about 5 years. On various census returns, her birth year is stated as 1801, 1803, 1805, 1806 and one even as 1811 !!!

I think I read something about how they used to round up to the nearest 5 years?? Is this the case?

It's surprising how much clearer the text became after scanning it and altering the colour!!

Paul