Anyone up for a transcribing challenge?? - Page 2 - Genealogists' Forum

kiterunner · #11 12-09-09, 09:44

Post up the relevant bit, Bev, and we can have a go at trying to figure it out!

Uncle John · #12 12-09-09, 19:28

I can just about disentangle legalese but I'm not much good with ancient writing.

Merry · #13 12-09-09, 20:08

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Originally Posted by Uncle John

I can just about disentangle legalese but I'm not much good with ancient writing.

Maybe you should go into partnership with Zoe?!!

samesizedfeet · #14 12-09-09, 20:13

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Originally Posted by Merry

Maybe you should go into partnership with Zoe?!!

I know you're all disappointed that at 30-something I'm still single and there's no decent prospect on the horizon for you to be buying a hat for - but you're taking this a bit too far now

Macbev · #15 13-09-09, 05:12

Thanks Kite....but it's a bit too much to post here.....there were six sons and they all get mentioned, one after the other in very repetitive terms. Every so often, I try my hand at doing a bit more, in the hopes that somewhere I will find the explanation for the eldest not inheriting the major part of the estates. I think I know, but it would be nice to see it in writing somewhere, since the family seem to have managed to keep it out of the newspapers.

P'raps I should go straight to the codicil

MargaretMarch · #16 13-09-09, 10:27

I went to a presentation by an academic who had done a study of ancient wills, at my local FHS and she said that often if a son/daughter appeared to have been disinherited it was because they had already got their share by way of a gift before the death. So perhaps the son you think was missed out actually got a house or shares or some such before the parent died.
Margaret

Uncle John · #17 13-09-09, 19:28

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Originally Posted by samesizedfeet

I know you're all disappointed that at 30-something I'm still single and there's no decent prospect on the horizon for you to be buying a hat for - but you're taking this a bit too far now

I think it was an academic partnership they were thinking of. I hope this forum doesn't develop into a dating agency.

Merry · #18 13-09-09, 19:32

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Originally Posted by Uncle John

I think it was an academic partnership they were thinking of. I hope this forum doesn't develop into a dating agency.

Doesn't look as if we are much good at it, so probably best to stick with FH