What do you think this says?

[Lainey]

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Under "Bridegroom," then "Parents," I'm trying to figure out his father's first name. I've said in the other thread what I think it might be, but I want other eyes.

[CallmeChaCha]

Are there any other written names/words that start with N or K in the rest of the document? Sometimes that helps me decipher what letter it is. I say it's an N. Don't cursive K's usually look like R's? Or is that just lower-case K's...? Don't know the rest of the letters, except there's definitely an F in the middle :D

eta: I just thought of something - have you looked at census records? I don't remember if you said whether your 3g-grandfather was born in or lived in Canada. If he did, maybe there's a census record somewhere?

[Lainey]

Are there any other written names/words that start with N or K in the rest of the document? Sometimes that helps me decipher what letter it is. I say it's an N. Don't cursive K's usually look like R's? Or is that just lower-case K's...? Don't know the rest of the letters, except there's definitely an F in the middle :D

eta: I just thought of something - have you looked at census records? I don't remember if you said whether your 3g-grandfather was born in or lived in Canada. If he did, maybe there's a census record somewhere?

No, but there are a few M's, and they look similar to this N (I really think it's an N now).

No, he was born, lived, and died in Russia, unfortunately for my research!

[CallmeChaCha]

Yeah, it does sort of look like the M's. The thing that throws me off is that the next letter is started mid-air (I don’t know the lingo – it’s not started at the bottom or the top of line - what's that called?), so I thought maybe it was an H but the other H’s don’t look like that. I have an international Ancestry account and can look up stuff if you would like (or not, if that gives you the heebie jeebies, it’s understandable :lol: )

[Lainey]

Yeah, but I think that's just the way the minister (assuming that's who filled it out) wrote.

II have an international ancestry account, too, but thank you. :) I can't find anyone named Nicefore Zurowsky, though. Although I'm told in Russia it would be Nikifor. Again, I think the minister spelled it wrong.