Help deciphering a marriage document

Archiver · Post by **Archiver** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:29 pm

Think 'pens', or 'pins' as it is at the top is a contraction or abbreviation - it may be 'pension' or 'pensionaries'. There is a horizontal stroke above the word which indicates that it may be an abbreviation, plus I wondered if I could make out the colon at the end of a couple of them which also indicates the full word hasn't been written.

Linfleks · Post by **Linfleks** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:11 pm

Archiver wrote:plus I wondered if I could make out the colon at the end of a couple of them which also indicates the full word hasn't been written.

I thought I noticed colons after them, too. Some of the words, like names, are fairly easy to figure out. I suppose the rest comes with the help of people more experienced with old documents. There have been a lot of good ideas thrown my way on this forum. It's great!

Linfleks · Post by **Linfleks** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:40 pm

Russell wrote:
How I wish that the Kirk Session records were on-line They augment the Register entries and make totally fascinating reading.
It begins to be obvious who actually ran the church when an entry refers to Mr ......whatever his name was, or John Smith Esquire or a tradesman is referred to by occupation as well as by name. Money talks until you discover that the Heritors also had a legal obligation to fund the support that the church gave out.
Joe Bloggs may have been Protestant - but what flavour/brand/persuasion did he follow

Russell

Hi, Russell,
Yes, that would be a wonderful asset to have online! The Old Parish Registers are a real boost for research, but even the thought of books that contained MORE information...?? Are there transcribed versions at the historical centers?

I never thought of the 'trades' as being a position of advantage, but it DOES seem that they are mentioned a lot in the registers. I hadn't considered why only certain entries listed professions, while others were more of the 'bare-bones' variety. You're right, though, money talks.

I have to confess I had to look "Joe Bloggs" up...

I'd never heard the term before. As to the 'flavour', have you ever read "Innocent Traitor"? Your comment brought it to mind. I don't know how close to the mark it was, but it was an interesting read on religion of the period.

Linda