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What does "do" mean?

zacharyboydcampbell1
zacharyboydcampbell1 ✭
September 4, 2022 in Indexing

I am looking at a record I am tryring to record and I noticed many entries just say "do" after certain names. Using context clues it seems to mean the same. I am dong a boston tax records. https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/ba538064-e21b-49fe-b0e6-1a15b70dbe02

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I noticed I saw on dictionary.com under "ditto" do means ditto and ditto means same. However, I have never head that. However, I am sure it means something.

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  • LarryClark43
    LarryClark43 ✭✭✭✭
    September 4, 2022

    You are correct. It is short for ditto. So same as above.

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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    September 5, 2022

    ditto --- the same as above,

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  • John L. Kennedy
    John L. Kennedy ✭✭✭
    September 5, 2022

    @LarryClark43 I could just say "ditto" to the comments above. I suspect it may be one of those generational issues that people in my age group (70+) are quite familiar with but younger generations may not be.

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