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Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 2,883 Send Message	LindaMcD	Report	31 May 2008 16:49
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 2,883 Send Message	Anyone know what these letters stand for after someone's name. LL.D D.L O.St.J (think this one is order of St John) Thanks Linda
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 24,953 Send Message	LindainHerriotCountry	Report	31 May 2008 16:53
	(Latin: Legum Doctor, LL.D.) is a doctorate-level academic degree in law
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 24,953 Send Message	LindainHerriotCountry	Report	31 May 2008 16:54
	The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, or Order of St. John to use its short title, is a British-based royal order of chivalry,
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 24,953 Send Message	LindainHerriotCountry	Report	31 May 2008 16:55
	Doctor of Letters, a university degree the only feasible one for DL, all just from Wikepedia
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 2,883 Send Message	LindaMcD	Report	31 May 2008 17:04
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 2,883 Send Message	Well thank you Linda. Two weeks today I am meeting a relative for the first time and his headed notepaper has this on it ...Oh and OBE but I knew that one. We share grandparents and have both been researching for some time although he is twenty years older than me. Thank you again Linda