Can anyone figure out this Ann's last name? It's from an 1870 Sligo Ireland record.

Florence Ensign Sadler

genthusiast

Can you share the batch code? It's at the end of the batch title in [mmmm-zzz]

Without access to the batch the writing is a bit difficult but I would guess first letter - C or maybe possibly Q - so:

Cu[s/g/f/r]ley ... if Q, not quite Quigley...

I see Curley is fairly common in Sligo. But that's just a guess - and I have never seen an r written in that manner. I would think that is an - s or g ...

Áine Ní Donnghaile

It's almost always easier to help decipher with a bit more context instead of viewing a single word or name in isolation.

genthusiast

Initially I thought first and third letter might be the same - but I think the first letter is - C ... But there is a possible faint left side swoop - like an O - but because of the terminating tail I would think a Q ... So my guesses are C and Q ... But maybe ...

Florence Ensign Sadler

Ireland, Sligo—Church Records, 1740–1880 [Part A][MQSJ-2B3]

Does this help?

Thank you.

Áine Ní Donnghaile

Here's the image from the registers.nli.ie website which is sometimes clearer. I have to say, this priest was not a neat record keeper. https://registers.nli.ie//registers/vtls000632320#page/71/mode/1up

genthusiast

There are several other C names - Carroll - on the page which seems to convince me the initial letter is C. So my guesses are still Cugley or Cusley. When indexing if you do not know a single character put wildcard ? - if you do not know multiple sequential characters put wildcard * - for example - Cu?ley.

barbaragailsmith1

I vote Cugley. There are a lot of Cugleys from Ireland on Family Search. Lots of Cusleys too, but I don't see other esses that look like that letter but I see other g's.

Florence Ensign Sadler

Thank you all!

Hester Korff Wolmarans

Looks like Ann Cugley