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http://i27.tinypic.com/27xhci.jpg
What is the top name? It looks like Joachim, but not really. As far as I know the person lived in the area of Minsk during the 1800s. So the name could be Slavic. Or I was thinking something from those indigenous Finno-Ugric tribes. Or it could be Swedish, because I think a lot of Swedes settled in Belarus.
Or it could be something entirely different. But your help is appreciated. I hope the link works.
What is the top name? It looks like Joachim, but not really. As far as I know the person lived in the area of Minsk during the 1800s. So the name could be Slavic. Or I was thinking something from those indigenous Finno-Ugric tribes. Or it could be Swedish, because I think a lot of Swedes settled in Belarus.
Or it could be something entirely different. But your help is appreciated. I hope the link works.
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Me too.
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"I have difficulty in seeing the double N."
So do I, but it's an expectable trouble (sometimes I write them so recklessly myself), while any other name I can think of simply does not fit. It must be Joannes.
BTW, are you used to this style of handwriting? Is it what gives you trouble recognising the name? Because I had no trouble recognising it as Joannes; I'm Czech and we still write almost like that. It's quite clear writing, I've seen much worse...
So do I, but it's an expectable trouble (sometimes I write them so recklessly myself), while any other name I can think of simply does not fit. It must be Joannes.
BTW, are you used to this style of handwriting? Is it what gives you trouble recognising the name? Because I had no trouble recognising it as Joannes; I'm Czech and we still write almost like that. It's quite clear writing, I've seen much worse...
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The document which that small image comes from was all very clearly written, except for that one name which I guess is "Joannes."
It is difficult to say whether it was a Cyrillic alphabet or a Polish variant of a Latin alphabet "they" first learned. They all seem to come from two or three countries at the same time.
I am more of an American than a Russian, so a Russian's Latin letters would appear strange to me. There is an other difficult name that I forgot all about. I will post it soon.
It is difficult to say whether it was a Cyrillic alphabet or a Polish variant of a Latin alphabet "they" first learned. They all seem to come from two or three countries at the same time.
I am more of an American than a Russian, so a Russian's Latin letters would appear strange to me. There is an other difficult name that I forgot all about. I will post it soon.
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Well, I don't know about the people who wrote the document, but the names don't sound very Russian to me. I don't know; maybe they could easily be Germans. There were many Germans in Latvia and Estonia, so maybe there were some around Minsk as well?
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http://i28.tinypic.com/2podqmp.jpg
Here it is. What do you suppose this one to be? I think it is trying to be some Slavic variant of "Pauline."
Here it is. What do you suppose this one to be? I think it is trying to be some Slavic variant of "Pauline."
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I see, and enough clearly, Parascevia, which is unusual, but not unheard (Parascevia is the Latinised form):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraskevi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraskevi
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Exactly the same here
To me it is a very clear handwriting, a bit old-fashioned, but still in use and very clear.
To me it is a very clear handwriting, a bit old-fashioned, but still in use and very clear.
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