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A:R in parish register?
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Crafty | Report | 9 Aug 2006 17:12 |
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please see below.... |
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Crafty | Report | 9 Aug 2006 17:12 |
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Hi all, Hoping that someone can explain this please... Today I've been looking through some filmed (LDS) parish registers and have come across A:R next to some burial records for mid 1700's. It doesn't appear next to any baps or marriages. I've haven't seen this before (maybe I'd missed it) and haven't a clue what it means. Could it be latin? Or am I being a bit dense? Here's hoping that someone will know.... Sue |
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Phoenix | Report | 9 Aug 2006 17:16 |
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Could it be Affidavit (to permit burial) Received? |
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Crafty | Report | 9 Aug 2006 17:20 |
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Thankyou Phoenix, Sounds like that is the answer! Even the people in my history centre didn't know! very grateful, thankyou, Sue |
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Roger in Sussex | Report | 9 Aug 2006 20:13 |
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In Mark Herber's book Ancestral Trails (2nd ed.), page 362, he says that A or Aff might have been written beside burials to indicate that an affidavit of burial in wool had been received. So A R could well be a variant of this, which gives support to Phoenix's suggestion of 'affidavit received.' Herber also says the Burial in Wool Acts were 1666-80, but generally ignored after about 1770 and repealed in 1814, so mid 1700s would fit that time frame nicely. |
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Crafty | Report | 10 Aug 2006 08:26 |
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Thankyou Roger for the extra information, very useful. Sorry I didn't reply last night, but went out for the evening. I've just popped in before going to work and seen your reply. Thankyou again, Sue |
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