Having OPRs reading

Dennis · Post by **Dennis** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:37 pm

Hi,

I'm having a bad time reading the following OPRs

http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... ?pos=-1760

http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... ?pos=-1761

http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... ?pos=-1762

dennis

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:05 pm

Dennis
This is what I'm seeing:

1. Laurence Lennox -

8 March 1685
Baptised to Hew Lennox in dumbarnie ane son called
Laurence, witnesses Alexander Sanylands, Alexander Andersone,
Thomas Lennox and James Andersone.

2. Laurence Lennox -

6 September 1685
Baptised to Thomas Lennox in Dunbarnie ane son called
Laurence Witnesses Hew Lennox and William Carmichaell

3. near the bottom of the page

23 May
Laurence Lennox sone to William Lennox baptised?
Witnesses? ?___ Lennox, L_____ _______?

Best wishes
Lesley

Archiver · Post by **Archiver** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:58 pm

I think the name of one of the first witness in the last entry might be Alex[ander], but it's quite hard to make out. Thought the other name was Laurence but again just not sure and I have no idea what that last word is - it doesn't look like Lennox I don't think.

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:55 pm

Hi Archiver
Yes, you are right the second last word does look like it might be Laurence... I'm not 100% sure of ANY of the words in that entry!
I think the wording I've put is in the right order i.e. so-and-so son of X baptised, witnesses etc. It is not easy to make out any of the other entries on the page in their entirety either so that we could see what form and sequence of wording or what variations are typically used by that session clerk, which is usually a help.

Best wishes
Lesley

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:00 am

Hello Dennis,

It may be my imagination but those images look a bit “fuzzy” and the file sizes seem to be a bit on the small side. Possibly your options in SP are to download jpgs at a high rate of compression. Compression “damages” jpg images. Try setting compression to lowest at the bottom of the My Details page on SP and see if that improves things. It’s usually best to have this set to lowest unless you’re having very serious problems with download times and disc space.

It won’t necessarily make the image more readable but may improve its quality.

All the best,
Alan

Dennis · Post by **Dennis** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:24 pm

I checked 'My Details.
The images were already set at lowest compression.

dennis

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:24 am

Hi Dennis

The images were already set at lowest compression

It's just the bloomin' writing on that last one...nothing "high tech" about that problem, just awful handwriting!!!! Looks like the guy was permanently in a hurry!

A stressed Session Clerk

Best wishes
Lesley