Hi,
I have a quick question, I would like to know what 'U' stands for under gender in a list of wills for people I have just been searching for.
Many Thanks,
David
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10-05-2012, 5:34 PM #1GloucsYeatesGuest
Gender
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10-05-2012, 5:48 PM #2
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Not knowing what list you're looking at I can only suggest that there may be a key at the top or bottom of the list.
If I had to guess, I'd say if the options are M, F and U (you would know that, we don't), that U = unknown
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10-05-2012, 5:57 PM #3GloucsYeatesGuest
THank you for reply,
I'll be more clear, I was searching on the Gloucestershire Archive website at their Geneoloigical Database where I came across the Wills. The people I were looking at were Yeoman at the beginning of the 1800's, I wondered if 'U' maybe Unmarried?
Many Thanks
David
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10-05-2012, 6:02 PM #4Colin RowledgeGuest
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10-05-2012, 6:37 PM #5
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I don't agree with Colin. You shouldn't guess on the basis of name. If a will says "I'm a widow", then it's female. If i tsays "I leave to my wife..." then it's male. And so on. If all you have to go on is "James", it's safest to put "Unknown"
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10-05-2012, 6:52 PM #6
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10-05-2012, 7:03 PM #7
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I was looking at the site and I think it means Unknown or more accurately, Unspecified... The non conformist pages show, Mother, Father, C which appears to be a child and shown after names of both sexes, F after some of the female names , M after some of the male names, and U. I think it means the records did not positively identify the sex of the person so rather than guess, even the name was "William" they used U.
Sue
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