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Offline goldie61

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Re: Help with Will
« Reply #9 on: Monday 02 August 21 22:32 BST (UK) »
This might be of interest.
It's about transcribing old documents.
https://www.shakespearesworld.org/#/guide/overview
Under 'Glossary', it says the contraction mark above a word is called a 'tilde' or 'macron' - I'd forgotten the exact term for it.
Lane, Burgess: Cheshire. Finney, Rogers, Gilman:Derbys
Cochran, Nicol, Paton, Bruce:Scotland. Bertolle:London
Bainbridge, Christman, Jeffs: Staffs

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« Reply #10 on: Monday 02 August 21 23:10 BST (UK) »
Thanks, I'll take a look at that.
Anderson - Leics., Yorks.; Attwood - Worcs., Staffs.,  Salop; Baylis - Worcs.; Beach/Bache - Worcs., Staffs., Salop; Bills - Devon, Worcs.<br />Dovey - Worcs., Staff., Salop; Gill - Worcs.; Hampton - Worcs., Staffs.; Hancox/Hancocks - Worcs., Staffs.<br />Hill - Worcs., Staffs., Salop; Sherwood - Worcs., Staffs.; Stonyer - Worcs., Staff., Salop, Essex<br />Woodall - Worcs., Staffs.; Potter - Essex.
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