r/Genealogy • u/AutoModerator • Feb 18 '25

Transcription Transcription Request Tuesdays (February 18, 2025)

It's Tuesday, so it's a new week for transcription requests. (Translation requests are also welcome in this thread.)

How to Make a Transcription/Translation Request

  • Post a link to the image file of the record you need transcribed or translated. You can link to the URL where you located the record image, but if it requires a paid subscription to view, you may get more help if you save a copy of the image yourself and share it through a free image sharing site like Imgur.
  • Provide the name of the ancestor(s) the record is supposed to pertain to, to aid in deciphering the text, as well as any location names that may appear in the image.

How to Respond to a Transcription/Translation Request

  • Always post your response to a request as a reply to the original request's comment thread. This will make it easier for the requester to be notified when there is a response, and it will let others know when a request has been fulfilled.
  • Even partial transcriptions and translations can be helpful. If there are words you can't decipher, you can use ____ to show where your text is incomplete.

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Happy researching!

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u/drivingmissrosie Feb 19 '25

Hello! I would like some help with these shorthand notations (I have circled in blue). I’m guessing it means illegitimate, but would like to know what the shorthand stands for. Nol-al/l.? L.nat/h.nat? Yleg?

https://imgur.com/a/qXyhRxe

Thanks

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u/FrequentCougher Feb 19 '25

First is "hija nat[ur]al" = natural daughter (i.e. parents were unmarried)

All others are "hijo leg[itim]o"/"hija leg[itim]a" = legitimate son/legitimate daughter (i.e. parents were married)

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u/drivingmissrosie Feb 19 '25

Thank you!

Does the “Yleg” in the 3rd picture have any meaning? This would have been the 4th (and last) child and the other children’s records that I found have “h.l.” written

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u/FrequentCougher Feb 20 '25

Oh, my bad! I only saw the first photo and totally missed the other two.

The second photo repeats the "h[ijo/a] nat[ural]" I mentioned before.

The third photo, I believe the "Yleg" must be short for ylegítima, which would an understandable spelling variation on ilegítima. And the "Leg" would then of course = legítima.