Family records, I cant understand the writing? can some 1 help me out?

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it says john hale then next to it, it says something then 19

whats that thing before 19

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it says john hale then next to it, it says something then 19

whats that thing before 19

It means unmarried & their age.

I think it indicates "unmarried"

Un?

19th person born or the 19th generation

It looks like it says 2cm :S
or un, which could mean unmarried as someone said above.

the letters are "Un" I dont know what that stands for
Unitarian?

um or un.
I think it means unmarried.

Looks like "Un". Could be an abbreivation for unmarried status. Just a guess!

It looks it's says Un. Maybe that means unmarried or un known of or something along those lines. Im not sure. Good luck! ?

I could possibly mean Unmarried...what is that column about?

it says un maybe unknown, I looked it up in abbreviations and the one that made more sense was unreachable

I beleive it says in the I just has a little curve in the begging

un =am

Looks like a short form of something. What's the context? Is this from a census document? What's the heading at the top of the column?

Could be un for unknown if maybe a parent is unknown

I would say it means "unmarried". If you would like some help Leanne why don't you put some names, dates and places up on the forum, there are lots of researchers just waiting to help you on this one, l know l am.

wish i could see more of the paperwork, it could mean unmarried like a few others have said. Or "un" is also french for one. is french in your heritage?

Leanne, the number one issue with this, is that it is only a portion of the original record. Is there some way you can identify WHO saved it, and what the actual location/ record is??
Sometimes in reading a old record, you have to look at the entire thing, to compare other entries. Not to mention, that without knowing the source, you can't look for such things as column titles or headers.
From your other question, the conflict seems simple.. you have more than one person of the same name, I think. You might take a few minutes to post about John Hale, and the details you have, and what you are looking to establish. Be sure and include the country!! Someone in the UK may immediately recognize something that persons in the US have never worked (or vice versa)

Probably abbreviation for unmarried. Census enumerators used their own shorthand. The ones I have been looking at show U for unmarried, M for married, W for widowed.

This looks like a census record, but the problem is that we don't know what the caption on the columns are. Different years gave different info. Sometimes it was marital status like others here are saying, but often they listed employment status - so it could mean that he was unemployed. I do think it's definately UN something, but without more of the census image you won't know.

Good luck, G

un- unmarried. if you look at the heading for that column it should tell you.

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