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Does anybody know where I can get help to read a will written in Latin?

http://translate.google.com/#la|en|

Roy

A few sites I have used. In no particular order...

http://www.jerrybryan.net/wills/wills2.html

http://www.genproxy.co.uk/latin.htm

http://www.thetipsbank.com/latin.htm

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/latin/beginners/

http://www.genealogy-quest.com/glossaries/latin.html

http://www.angelfire.com/ok3/pearlsofwisdom/italian-latin-genealogywords.html

http://www.origins.net/help/aboutNWI-yprex-latin.aspx

http://www.xmas.demon.co.uk/genealogy/wills/InNomine.html

http://tinyurl.com/7hy6x9k

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2004-04/1082099251

And if you master it I have an unreadable probate clause that needs translating ;-)

Good luck
Chris

Might be worth contacting your local Catholic church.
Chances are that someone will understand Latin even if the parish priest doesn´t.

Is the whole will written in Latin or just the part that begins "Probatum fuit" (which is is the case in a will I am trying to transcribe). If it is just that part then the following will may help you to decipher it:

http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Will_of_Anthony_Bathurst,_1697,_PROB_11/438

Thank you all for your replies.

If only the words were typed, !! then I could give it a go. But my difficulty is also the way the handwriting goes. It looks like the whole will is in Latin, and a codicil of a son. and an inventory.

I can understand one word "renounce" and just wondered what that was all about.
The will I received from the NRO on the condition I will not publish it.

I shall have a go at some of your suggestions and see how It pans out.

would it help if I enlarge and save the image on computer and print it off for my own use. instead of switching between windows.?

I have a large magnifying glass to view each word.

Thanks again

What year and where was the will written?

Maureen

Maureen,

P will, John Lyon, rector of Barnwell St Andrew Northamptonshire
1672, Book R, folio 153 and 153a

KenSE

there is another will for ancestor of the above Rector of BArnwell, where there IS a Probatum Fuit.

I have this Photocopy also

N will, John Lyon of Weekley, 1598, Book F, folio 408, MW 89

I don't envy you translating the whole will, transcribing English wills from three centruries ago is bad enough.

The word renounce is probably where he is renouncing all previous wills made by him and stating that this is his last will and testament.

I usually print off a copy when I am transcribing and mark off the words with a higlighter pen as I transcribe them, leaving out any difficult words and phrases, for later. Then when the context is there the difficult words are easier to decipher.

Googling a phrase from the will often helps as there are many wills on the web and they are largely composed of standard phrases. I expect the same to be true of latin wills.

KenSE
Thank you very much. I will try as you suggest by printing off a copy and highlighting -- that a very good idea

in a few days I will let you know how i get on

Could the Priest at your local Catholic church help? Or do any of the schools in your area teach latin?

I have printed off a copy of the page in Latin, but im afraid the writing is so scrawly that I cant decifer the letters.
I have tried to use some of the above translating tools, but unless I can work out the letters in any words, then its not much use.

But it seems to me that the son Benjamin has renounced his inheritance in favour to another brother Joseph.

I have this Benjamin as a Priest in Peterborough, so I guess he was not allowed to inherit.

Suzanne who has posted on the following thread says she can translate from Latin. I have posted this thread's details on the other thread:

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1293156

Genealogical Latin:

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/guide/WLLatin.asp

cant see the posting potty.x
:-D

Dear Suzanne, it would be wonderful if you could help me.
the particular piece that I am trying to work out has the reference

P Will and deposition John Lyon of Barnwell St Andrew, 1672, Book R, folios 153 and 153a

I have sent an email to the NRO where i got the digital image from asking about what is a deposition, and saying the handwriting is very scribbly, and the fact it is also in latin. Awaiting their reply.

Could I pm you about this?

Thank you SRS

that family search link is more helpful to me, I think I will print it off.

cheers

You're welcome. The A-Z on the site seems very comprehensive too,

Good Luck x

I have recently found the ability to learn to READ Latin
at the website for

The National Archives, Kew, Surry

Under the RECORDS drop down menu.

As well as being easy to follow and understand, its free !
I am doing the tutorial for beginners, 12 lessons in all with sentence practise and words drills. you can do this online and it gives you feedback and suggestions.

but I printed off the lessons and the drills so I can do it in small stages.

so far finished lesson 2 with all its parts,

I am impressed.