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ElizabethHerts
20-08-12, 08:57
I'm looking at a marriage entry for 1744 and the date.

It is the marriage of John Daddow to Mary Rundle on the right-hand page:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11049-202463-6?cc=1769414&wc=MMVH-V84:1856582718

I'd like advice about the numbers - there is 1 with a superscript st. What is the squiggle next to the 1?

I have a book about old handwriting but it isn't very helpful on numbers, unfortunately.

kiterunner
20-08-12, 09:14
I think the squiggle is a d belonging to the entry below it - 2d.

ElizabethHerts
20-08-12, 09:17
Thanks, Kate. Family Search have it transcribed as May 1st, so that's OK.