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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: Naizam on Saturday 16 November 19 03:18 GMT (UK)
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Hello all,
I've been searching for information on Agnes Hepburn - her marriage to a weaver named John Graham occurred on 20 Jan 1817. On the marriage record, her father is named as Robert Hepburn, also a weaver. The marriage was registered in Forgandenny, Perthshire, Scotland.
So I checked Ancestry and found a match (attached) that indicates:
Birth Date: 27 Jul 1788
Baptism Date: 3 Aug 1788
I then searched Scotland's People for an Agnes Hepburn, born to a Robert Hepburn in or around Forgandenny and found a match (attached). The problem is that the record from Scotland's People doesn't have film numbers so I can't confirm that it's the same document cited by Ancestry, but the baptism date matches. I just can't make out the date of birth because of the quality of the image? I can't even say that the month of birth is July also as indicated on the Ancestry record? Any insights would be most appreciated.
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If you look at the previous entry, the child Peter was baptised on August 3 and born 28 Ult(im)o.
Ultimo means in the last month before the present one. So Peter was born 28 July.
Your Agnes - baptised on the same day - also has the Ult(im)o, so her month of birth is July.
In this image the day isn't readable. I suspect that if you had the original, or a lighter scan were made of the original, it probably would be.
ADDED:
This record states that Robert Hepburn is a weaver. If you have found no other Agnes Hepburns of the right age and father's name in the area, then it's highly likely you have the correct baptism.
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Brilliant - thank you!
Does it look like there's a st or a th before the Ultimo?
The image is original from Scotland's People :( can't do much more with it - not matter how much I try in Photoshop I can't tease out a number.
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Does it look like there's a st or a th before the Ultimo?
It looks very like the th as seen in the Drummond and Archer entries above.
I'm not surprised you can't tease out a number in Photoshop.
However, if the original were re-scanned with the scanner set to produce a lighter image, I would expect the darkness of that area to be reduced enough to make out the number.
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His 7s have a very long down stroke which I'm pretty sure I can see before the th
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thank you all - that's it. 27th Ultimo!