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RCastle3
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January 11, 2022 edited August 19, 2024 in Get Involved/Indexing

While working on British Parrish registers many of which are from the late 1800s I have seen the "fs" combination several times. Here is a example.

Screenshot 2022-01-11 fs ss.jpg

Does this index as "Crofs" or "Cross"? -Thanks, Roger Castle

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"Come on, Ben. Just sign the petition."

"Hold on, Tom, let me look it over. .....when in courfe o human eventfs.."

"That's 'in course of human events!'

"Oh, but all your s's look like f's"

"Well it in. It's very in."

--Stan Freeburg presents the United States--

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  • RCastle3
    RCastle3 ✭
    January 11, 2022 edited January 11, 2022

    My example clip in png may not have come through,

    Here it is in jpg.

    Screenshot 2022-01-11 fs ss.jpg


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  • Melissa S Himes
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    January 11, 2022

    Fun. The double s "fs" is indexed as an ss. In this case Cross.

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  • John Empoliti
    John Empoliti ✭✭✭✭✭
    January 11, 2022 edited January 11, 2022

    It sounds like it's time for the "long s" examples - with some abbreviations thrown in for free.

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