That's how it was done in those dayf, Jofef (Josef).:) And to top it off, they weren't consistent. My Chavez ancestors surnames is spelled alternately Llabes, llaves, Chavis, Chaves, de Chavis. Ortiz looks like Breton sometimes. Penmanship left a lot to be desired in those days. Read Finding Your Hispanic Roots by George Ryskamp. Marge:)



On Jul 12, 2005, at 4:47 PM, Joseph Puentes wrote:

I was watching a documentary about American Slave Narratives. In one of the stories it was talking about slaves being sold at auction and they showed a bill of sale. the time period was about 1850. In the bill of sale at the bottom it spell "witness" like this:



"witnefs"



now this reminds me of the times I've seen Castañeda spelled Caftañeda



does anyone know about the use of the "F" for "S's" in early handwritting?



thanks,



joseph



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