EXPLANATION. b. born; d. died; bap. baptised; m. married; unm. unmarried; gen. generation. All members of the second gen. are numbered in the 200, of the third gen. in the 300, of the fourth gen. in the 400, and Where the numbers were not sufficient a letter of the alphabet is added. so on. To trace a line look first to the index at the back of the book-say for Edward. The index will give the page on which the name is mentioned. On the page you will find 580 Edward." Just above you will find that he was one of the children of Levi 496. Turn to 496 in heavy black type at the left of each page and you will find all information of Levi. Just above you will find that Levi was one of the children of Job 362. By turning to 362 you will find that Job was one of the children of James 208, and James a son of the emigrant Thomas 101. This system of numbering makes it an easy matter to go forwards or backwards with any line. |