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Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 35 Send Message	Kirsty	Report	6 Jun 2008 19:30
	What name would be abbreviated to JNO in parish records. Thanks.
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 13,276 Send Message	Lindsey*	Report	6 Jun 2008 19:31
	john or jonathon usually
	Researching: For better results please give all the details ,name, date place as you can {pictures by me }
Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 35 Send Message	Kirsty	Report	6 Jun 2008 19:32
	Thanks - I was assuming it would be Jonathon.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20,615 Send Message	Heather	Report	6 Jun 2008 21:53
	Normally John. I dont think Jonathan was a common name then and would probably have been abbreviated differently
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 16,802 Send Message	Click ADD REPLY button - not this link!	Report	6 Jun 2008 22:12
	Makes you wonder why they even bothered abbreviating it. Rose
	Researching: I am not related to you and I'm not your husband's first wife!
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20,615 Send Message	Heather	Report	6 Jun 2008 22:21
	LOL, true Rose, and how nicknames are so often longer than the original one :)
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 152 Send Message	Clive & Susan	Report	7 Jun 2008 11:28
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 152 Send Message	This form is usually a contraction of the latin form of the name John: Johannes, but I've no idea why the O comes after the N in JNO.