[APG Public List] Abbreviations of given names

[JFonkert at aol.com]

Thank you, Barbara, and others for your advice. Since posting my  question 
about 24 hours ago, I have examined some other documents from the  probate 
in the same handwriting.  I have found several cases of individuals  known to 
be "John" where the clerk abbreviated the name "Jno."  I am  inclined to 
believe that the one instance of 'Jo." I asked about probably is  Joseph.  Of 
course, I would have preferred it to be John.  The search  goes on.
 
In a message dated 3/7/2011 8:06:59 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
bvlittle at earthlink.net writes:

The  question is not whether examples can be found showing that Jo was 
used as  an abbreviation for John (or Joseph), but how the person writing 
that  particular document used it. Can you find other examples written by 
the  person who wrote the document or failing that other documents from 
the  area. Practices changed not only based on time periods but also 
based upon  local practice at a given time.

Barbara Vines Little, CG,  FVGS

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On 3/7/2011 5:15 PM, JFonkert at aol.com  wrote:
> Dear List,
> I posted this question this morning on the  APG-members list.  I've 
> received some helpful responses,  including one that referenced an 
> interesting article at 
>  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wmeacham/abbrjo.htm 
>  <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Ewmeacham/abbrjo.htm>
>  The article deals with 17th Century English sources; I am working in 
>  an 1830s Kentucky estate record.  I am hoping someone can add more  
> information about given name abbreviations in Kentucky/Viriginia  
> records from this period.
>  Here is my original  post:
> /I ordinarily expect to find the name "John" abbreviated as  "Jno," but 
> I have seen lists of abbreviations that indicate "Jo" is  an 
> abbreviation of "John" -- for example at: 
>  
//http://www.british-genealogy.com/parish-registers/first-names-a-abbreviations.html/
>  //
> /I need a more scholarly opinion.  Can anyone point me to an  
> authoritative source on the matter?  Thanks./
> Jay  Fonkert, CG
> http://fourgenerationsgenealogy.blogspot.com/
>  Saint Paul, MN
>
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Jay Fonkert,  CG
_http://fourgenerationsgenealogy.blogspot.com/_ 
(http://fourgenerationsgenealogy.blogspot.com/) 
Saint  Paul, MN

Director, Association of Professional  Genealogists
(professional profile at _www.apgen.org)_ (http://www.apgen.org)/) 
Member, Genealogical  Speakers Guild
(professional profile at _http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/)_ 
(http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/)) 

Member, International Society of Family History Writers and  Editors 

CG (Certified Genealogist) is a service mark of  the Board for 
Certification of Genealogists, used under license by  Board-certified associates after 
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