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Offline AH

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Reading an address
« on: Wednesday 04 April 18 08:42 BST (UK) »
Hello
I have a scrap of paper with 2 addresses on....the black ink one is nice and easy to read, but a pencilled address on the top right corner is really tricky  ???....any help gratefully received
Cheetham in Eccles, Lancashire. Roxburgh in Galston, Ayrshire. Lindsay in GlenIsla, Dundee and Newcastle

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Re: Reading an address
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 04 April 18 08:48 BST (UK) »
319 East 21 Street
New York
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Re: Reading an address
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 04 April 18 09:09 BST (UK) »
Agree with that BB apart from maybe 379?    Guess you can check that in various census or address documents.
Gaunt, Ransom, McNally, Stanfield, Kimberley. (Tasmania)
Brown, Johnstone, Eskdale, Brand  (Dumfriesshire,  Scotland)
Booth, Bruerton, Deakin, Wilkes, Kimberley
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Percy, Dunning, Hyne, Grigg, Farley (Devon, UK)
Duncan (Fife, Devon), Hugh, Blee (Cornwall)
Green, Mansfield, (Herts)
Cavenaugh, Ransom (Middlesex)
 

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Re: Reading an address
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 04 April 18 09:30 BST (UK) »
MY immediate reaction was 319 but I see what you mean, Wiggy. That number has a feint loop at the top  but the 1 in 21 is just a stroke. Hmm......
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Re: Reading an address
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 04 April 18 10:01 BST (UK) »
Yes, I think you're right - 379 - the stroke is also longer than the 1 in 21.   :)
Transcriptions and NBI are merely finding aids.  They are NOT a substitute for original record entries.
Remember - "They'll be found when they want to be found" !!!
If you don't ask the question, you won't get an answer.
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