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Indecipherable Cert....Experienced Help Required

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Familyfinder

Familyfinder Report 2 Oct 2007 12:32

I think the only way is to try and get one of the other childrens birth certs and see if its clearer-sorry

Deb needs a change

Deb needs a change Report 2 Oct 2007 12:35


I've already thought of that but the only other child was Frances, born 1834.....just my luck.


Deb:)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 2 Oct 2007 12:50

Hi Deb

I've pm'd you

Jill

Deb needs a change

Deb needs a change Report 2 Oct 2007 13:23

Sorry all. I've got to hit the sack now. My eyes are falling out of my head from looking at this bl**dy thing.

Hope someone's able to give her a name. Will check back in the morning.


Night night

Deb:)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 2 Oct 2007 13:34

This is a good one isn't it?

At the risk of disagreeing with previous suggestions ... might the first letter be B? I'm looking at the capital letters P and R and thinking that if the very bottom loop of the B has been cut off ... Then it might be Bro[dg][er] ??

Not totally happy about the d in the middle though. Could it be a mangled o and the last letter(s) a mangled k? That might be Brook. ??

Jill

Deb needs a change

Deb needs a change Report 2 Oct 2007 21:47

Hi Barry,

Good morning. Just woken up to find you've been hard at work.

I have looked at the marriage you mention some time ago. There was also a marriage for Bingle/Pringle. St Bees.

The problem I face is that the writing on cert isn't original script. Whoever traced over the name only formed the general shape of the name and not the actual letters. So, Burridge could be right, although it looks more like Bridge. The length of the name only indicates only six letters.

Here's the source for the 1851. They've been mis-transcribed.

Class: HO107; Piece: 2177; Folio: 144; Page: 36; GSU roll: 87172-87174.



Deb:)

Deb needs a change

Deb needs a change Report 3 Oct 2007 09:26

Hi all,

Thanks everyone for giving me so much of your time. I'm fairly satisfied that we're as close to solving this problem as we'll ever be.

Just a quick run-down.

First letter B. Most of you leant towards a B rather than my first impression of P.

Second letter R.

Third either I or O.

Forth and fifth DG.

And final letter E.


So that gives us either Bridge or Brodge.

Once again, thank you so much.



Deb:)

Deb needs a change

Deb needs a change Report 3 Oct 2007 09:34


I didn't realise that I would get so many offers of help. In fact, I was inundated with well over 20 offers.

Thank you, and I apoligise for not sending out cert to all who offered. Time just got the better of me.

Deb:)