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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Old Scottish Handwriting - need help deciphering two words, please
« on: Wednesday 17 April 24 23:21 BST (UK)  »
Hi, Raybistre,

I have now recalculated the total inventory minus the mystery line - for the 6th time!  This time it adds up to 81 pounds.  Hallelujah!  Your call of the amount being ix pounds is absolutely correct.  I can't believe how many times I've added this inventory up to find different amounts each time.

Thank you.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Old Scottish Handwriting - need help deciphering two words, please
« on: Wednesday 17 April 24 16:06 BST (UK)  »
Hi, sunnylew and Raybistre

Thank you for taking the time to look at this mystery item.  Wyne could be the first highlighted word.  I had swyne but couldn't quite get the s and the w to work properly in this context.

I should have said in my first post that the total inventory is GB90.  The inventory that I can read totals GB75.  So, this item would have to equal GB15.  So, the thought of 20 shillings x 9 of anything doesn't meet the required GB15.

Any further thoughts?

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Hard-to-read death certificate
« on: Wednesday 17 April 24 00:58 BST (UK)  »
Oh dear,

Bless her.  I hope her little one survived and went on to thrive.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Hard-to-read death certificate
« on: Tuesday 16 April 24 22:58 BST (UK)  »
Hello nnicola2,

Parturition 1 month = process of giving birth to offspring
Pelvic Cellulitis 14 days
Phlegmasia Dolens 3 days
Certified by Joseph Bird
L.F.P & S.G.

Pelvic cellulitis is a rare complication of bartholinitis and is due to the continuity of the fascia and fatty tissue of the vulva that can permit rapid spread of infection to other anatomic structures.  Bartholinitis is the infection and inflammation of the major vestibular glands, or Bartholin's glands, whose function is related to lubrication during sexual intercourse. They are found in the lower third of the labia majora on their inner side.

Full name of Phlegmasia Dolens is Phlegmasia cerulea dolens and is a severe blockage from deep vein thrombosis (DVTs) (blood clots) in multiple veins. This usually happens in one or both legs.

So it would seem that this poor lady died of massive infection and blood clots.  It would not have been easy. 

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help Deciphering Please - German Kurrent - Badly Written Document
« on: Tuesday 16 April 24 22:48 BST (UK)  »
Hello Davecapps, Zefiro, and Molly C

Unfortunately, I've been in an area with no internet access for the past week and a half so was unable to access any responses and didn't get an opportunity to login here before I left.  So my apologies for my very tardy reply.

Davecapps, your explanation of German emigrants to America is very enlightening.  My association with German individuals has always been of highly educated ones.  So, it comes as quite a surprise to learn that there were many who were functionally illiterate.  My own German schooling was in 'High German' but we were informed of 'Low German' but never taught it.  "Rend Zettel" certainly makes perfect sense in the context of this piece of paper being some sort of rent contract.  Thank you so much for your patience and diligence in sifting through this messy document.  It is a great help.

Zefiro, you are quite right.  Thus far, there is no explanation as to how or why my German emigrant to Argentina went back to Europe for a rental contract for a piece of woodland.  Very curious.  He was from Bettendorf, Germany, which, at one time, I believe was under French rule.  His birth registration is written in Latin having been extracted from the Bettendorf archives with the certification in French from the Mayor of Bettendorf in 1825.  This rental contract is the only document out of 10 that is written in German.

Once again, thank you all for your assistance and contributions to solving this document.  Your efforts are greatly appreciated.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Need help deciphering 3 words on a photograph-German
« on: Tuesday 16 April 24 22:28 BST (UK)  »
Hello Davecapps and Girl Guide,

Thank you both for your excellent and quick replies to my post.  Unfortunately, I've been in an area with no internet access for the past week and a half so was unable to access any responses.  So my apologies for my very tardy reply.

I thought the German was not perfect and likely had the meanings similar to what Girl Guide has provided.

Once again, thank you both for your assistance.  It's nice to see the correct forms in both English and German.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Old Scottish Handwriting - need help deciphering two words, please
« on: Tuesday 16 April 24 22:18 BST (UK)  »
Hello Rootschatters,

I have a 1678 Testament Dative and Inventory nearly fully figured out.  But, there are two words in relation to one item in the Inventory that have me stumped.  Any assistance is greatly appreciated in solving this little mystery.  I have highlighted the two words in yellow.  The remainder of the item is, as I make it:

Item ....... Estimat worth xx s. the peice overheid Inde .... lib.

Thank you

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Need help deciphering 3 words on a photograph-German
« on: Thursday 04 April 24 00:59 BST (UK)  »
Hello, Rootschatters,

I have a photograph of an ancestor and on the back of it there are three lines at the top that read (I think):

Meine ------------------- Mutter

Meine ------------------- Mutter

Meine ------------------- Mutter

They are not written by the same person who wrote the deceased's name at the bottom and identified her as their great-great-grandmother.

If anyone can fill in the three gaps, I'd be very grateful.

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Kent / Re: East Sutton COOK records mid 1700's
« on: Saturday 30 March 24 19:33 GMT (UK)  »
Hi, PJWELLS,

I have checked the original register of East Sutton for the marriage of William Cook and Dorothy Hammond and attach a copy of the image for you.  It is the last entry on the image.  Generally speaking, marriages pre-1754 don't include marital status and the banns aren't recorded formally in registers - at least not ones that were ever microfilmed.

I would suggest that you sign up on https://www.findmypast.co.uk/ as that site has the original parish registers for East Sutton, Chart Sutton and Aylesford.  Even doing a search for Cook within a narrow geographical area may help you determine quicker if there were any other baptisms, burials and marriages.

I hope this helps.

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