yn not

Joseph, it just struck me. I think perhaps your "yn not" is the priest's abbreviation of "ignoto," unknown, or no conocido, in the spelling and intonation of the time.

Gloria Delgado

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surnames

I AM CONFUSED AS TO THE USE OF SURNAMES. I HAVE SOMEONE NAMED GERTRUDIS GONZALES DE PLACENCIA. WHICH NAME IS HER FATHERS AND WHICH NAME IS HER MOTHERS? WHAT DOES "DE" SIGNIFY?