Can someone advise what the "J.H." reference means?
I am researching the household examination books for Kisa parish, Östergötland, Sweden, and more than a few times, I have come across "J.H." written next to the person's name. It seems to be applied to the people listed towards the bottom of the page, not the householder or his family members. I was wondering if anyone else has come across this or what it may mean. I attached a couple of screenshots of examples. Any insight would be appreciated.
The original record is on Arkivdigital, Kisa (E) AI:14 (1867-1871) Image: 214 Page: 204
https://app.arkivdigital.se/volume/v26293?image=214
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After a bit of searching, I think I have an answer for you.
The letters are actually "T.H." and they mean "till hus". I found one instance in this book where it is written out. That is here: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0016339_00254#?c=&m=&s=&cv=253&xywh=595,3151,1892,935 .
A Google search for "'till hus' in Swedish church records" brought up a post in a Swedish research forum called "Rötters anbytarforum" where someone answered "Till hus means that the persons are lodging with the family, but not constituting a household on their own." That link is here (answer by Bo Persson): https://forum.rotter.se/index.php?topic=77803.0
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Thank you Norm. After I posted, I found a later record for for one of my ancestors with the J.H./T.H. designation. Instead of the initials, they had written 'inhyseshjon.' This led me to think the J.H. was maybe an I.H. Maybe Inhyseshjon and Till Hus mean the same?
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