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Title: Help with this name please
Post by: Fitty on Wednesday 11 March 09 15:04 GMT (UK)
Hi Guys,

Well. I got the results back from my efforts at transcribing and although they were'nt perfect it was better than i thought.   One of my mistakes is this name.  I had transcribed it as W A Boulton Rector.  I 've looked at it more closely @@ and i think it says W H Boulton Rector.  What do you think?

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b378/FittyUK/Roots/name.jpg)

There is a couple of others so watch this space lol
Title: Re: Help with this name please
Post by: Fitty on Wednesday 11 March 09 15:08 GMT (UK)
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b378/FittyUK/Roots/May.jpg)

May?  or should it have been Mary?
Title: Re: Help with this name please
Post by: Fitty on Wednesday 11 March 09 15:19 GMT (UK)
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b378/FittyUK/Roots/Ellen.jpg)

Ellen?
Title: Re: Help with this name please
Post by: Fitty on Wednesday 11 March 09 15:33 GMT (UK)
I transcribed this as James Z Waring   is that a Z or a J  or T ??

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b378/FittyUK/Roots/james.jpg)
Title: Re: Help with this name please
Post by: Nick29 on Wednesday 11 March 09 17:01 GMT (UK)
OK, here are the votes of the Fenland jury.....

Post #1 ........ W H

Post #2 ........ May (probably)

Post #3 ........ Ellen

Post #4 ........ Definitely a T

Nick.
Title: Re: Help with this name please
Post by: alpinecottage on Wednesday 11 March 09 17:21 GMT (UK)
And I agree with Nick!
Title: Re: Help with this name please
Post by: charlotteCH on Friday 13 March 09 00:56 GMT (UK)
Agree with Nick on 1, 3 , 4

But maybe 2 could be Mary... that downward tail of y could have an "r" before it thus Mary?

charlotte
Title: Re: Help with this name please
Post by: PrueM on Friday 13 March 09 01:53 GMT (UK)
Agree with Nick on all except May/Mary - I think this is Mary with a weak ending to the y  :)
Title: Re: Help with this name please
Post by: Fitty on Friday 13 March 09 09:00 GMT (UK)
I think you're all right,   I put May and it was wrong so have now changed it to Mary.

Thanks everyone