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From: Fred H Held <>
Subject: Re: Extracts from Parish of Logie
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 14:11:59 -0500
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No, I found there is a Parish of Logie. The LDS FHL catalog lists 4
parishes called Logie in Scotland:
Scotland, Aberdeen, Logie
Scotland, Fife, Logie
Scotland, Perth, Logie
Scotland, Stirling, Logie

In addition to:
Scotland, Aberdeen, Logie-Buchan
Scotland, Aberdeen, Logie-Coldstone
Scotland, Aberdeen, Logie-Durno
Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Logie-Easter
Scotland, Angus, Logie-Pert
Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Logie-Wester


At 01:12 PM 7/9/2004, you wrote:
>Hello Fred,
>
>Thank you so much for commenting on the extract entries. I knew that s's
>were written like f's but I did NOT know the double ss was written as fs.
>Thanks so much for the lesson. I have so much to learn and appreciate
>every little bit of help I can get.
>
>I had not heard of the parish Logie either. I thought it was
>Logie-Coldstone. The document copy I received from the GRO
>states..."Parish of" this is typed in as part of the form and then
>handwritten "Logie". And, since I was transcribing the entries as best I
>could, I wanted to make sure I did not add any of my own interpretations
>unless I noted them. I "suspect" the person making these handwritten
>entries just shortened the parish to Logie rather than Logie-Coldstone.
>
>Thanks again Fred.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Barbara
>
>
>
>Fred H Held wrote:
>
>>Barbara,
>>
>>The old way of writing "ss" in English looked very much like "fs".
>>Actually I believe it to be closer to the old German "h" rather than an
>>"f". The old German "h" had the top part like an "f' and the bottom part
>>like a "g". (And was pronounced in German as "hs", instead of "ss" or
>>"ß", which would normally be the case for "ss" in German.)
>>
>>This was carried into America. In the Declaration of Independance the
>>"s"es all look like "f"s. In this case I believe it is the old German
>>script "s" which was much like a vertical bar "|". A more modern printed
>>version of German "s" looks like an "f" without the crossbar.
>>
>>BTW, where is the Parish of Logie. I know of Logie Coldstone, Logie
>>Durno, and Logie Buchan.
>>
>>At 09:46 AM 7/9/2004, you wrote:
>>
>>>From: Barbara Nellesen <>
>>>To:
>>>Subject: Extracts from Parish of Logie
>>>...
>>>May 28th 1815
>>>Robert Efson [ESSON in IGI] in Bearhillock, by his wife Betty HUNTER
>>>[the remainder, which is cut off, appears to say....had a daughter
>>>baptised named Margaret]
>>
>>
>
>


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