Help to decipher an old BC

[Simba.Bruce]

Hi There,

I have a BC for a direct ancestor of mine from Scotlands People that I would like help with decipering please.

Alexander Lyon was born 23 July 1595. His father is Thomas Lyon. There are some words after this that I cannot make out. can anyone help, please?

I hope this image posts correctly...not sure if I've done it right!

Thanks,
Sheilah


http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9vYgayJy98w/S4_yGhTE6MI/AAAAAAAAACw/SX_52lBQZco/image.jpg

[Lydart]

Think its a 'miss' !


Here's B.Bob's guide to posting images ...

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,130922.0.html

[Simba.Bruce]

Thanks...had another go meanwhile...

Does this work? Hope so! I'm going over now anyway to read your suggestion.
Sheilah

[Simba.Bruce]

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bsbZ0N00xe7Ob2xDOcIrEA?authkey=Gv1sRgCIqGxpyr8KWRtgE&feat=directlink

This is the link to Picasa web album.

I'm trying to learn Irfanview now.

[Lydart]

I had a look at it ... the trouble is, its very small ... and if you click on the magnifying glass, it gets too pixelated to read ! 

Is this a download you got from somewhere, or is it a scan of the paper copy you have in your hand, so to speak ?

If so, can you try scanning it again ... see the tips on B.Bob ... and see if you can post it on here ... there will be lots of help available ... RootsChat people like a challenge !


added ... ahh !   I see you have amended your first posting !     Will have a look after I've had my tea !!

[carol8353]

I have saved it as a proper image without all the white surround.However we're not allowed to post the whole image on Rootschat,so which portions can't you read?

I'll post the first part of it here.

[Ermintrude46]

Could it be the names of the godparents - looks like Sr Robert someone starts with K and Sr Walter Scot of somewhere starts with a Ba(could be a phonetic spelling of Buccleuch)
Ermy

[Simba.Bruce]

Thank you both for your input. I hadn't realised Sir Robert and Sir Walter could have been god-parents. I didn't make out much more than the first names and thought it was the next entry!!

The words I am very interested in are the ones right after Thomas Lyon.....what I think is an M and a squiggle that stands for abbreviated 'Master'.

The next word is very puzzling as it looks like a small 'g' (?) followed by a letter which I can't anywhere in a secretary hand alphabet. Or maybe it is all one letter. The tail goes backward as in 'g' but the writer, it seems has developed his own hand!

I won't say at the moment what I think the word could be as I would like an unbiased opinion, as it will make a big difference to the tree.

The whole document is not easy to read and the word I am looking at is nowhere else in it.

Thank you for trying
Sheilah

[Simba.Bruce]

Sorry, I forgot to answer your query about the document....it is a download from Scotlands People.
And I have tried to magnify, zoom and thoroughly dissect it, but it doesn't make much difference !