by Alison U. Ring, Ladysmith, B.C., Canada

My own experience in the words are slight and you can I have gotten much assist just after getting out a beneficial plea for help for the listing. My thanks are caused by men and women who has aided me personally, and additionally an ex lover-Latin professor and a Roman Catholic priest to mention however, two, so there were anybody else. It was ideal which i mutual my ‚findings’ towards listing, and you may during one way I hestitate to achieve this, they may be of use once we all the possibly need deal with the trouble one day. To any or all Latin Benefits, my apologies, but if you would check this out and wish to create modifications, suggestions, an such like. please take action. To store texts smaller, I have separated them up the following:

My disclaimer is the fact that facts I became training were inside the faded ink to your worst report, waterdamanged, etc. The latest handwriting of the numerous clerks was ‚difficult’ to express the latest minimum and every you to got his idiosyncracy on the style of Latin the guy published and abbreviations he put. Certain difficulties encountered was due to my personal not discovering the text precisely!

(1) Baptismal Entries

filius and you can filia is ‚son’ and ‚daughter’ correspondingly, but from time to time is written towards ff in the beginning. [In case the journalist likes a long s at the bottom, a good young man will such as fflll however, an effective child is ffllx in which x is actually any page you might contemplate but s !]

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