Swiss Baptism records in the 1600's
Does anyone know if there is a way to tell the sex of an unnamed child on a baptism record from this time and place? The sex is not indicated in the indexed records available in Family Search, but in the actual image, there is often a little mark next to the name. Does anyone know what that little squiggle means? It seems strange to me that the sex of a child would not be written somewhere in the record.
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@PammyLou I recommend that you post your inquiry in the Switzerland Research Group and that you include a link to a specific image or images.
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Thank you very much. I will do that.
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@PammyLou Does the squiggle look anything like either of the gender symbols shown in the Wikipedia article Gender symbol?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_symbol
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No, it doesn't, but that suggestion opened up a new train of thought for me. Thank you!
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