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Can someone please tell me what the abbreviation means in the date of the marriage? page 215, #21 Torbjorn Torbjornsen Skarveland and Kari Torrisdatter Skarveland. They had a child in September who lived 1/hr in Sept and married in Dec. Torbjorn died the following January. So sad. Source information: Hordaland county, Skånevik, Parish register (official) nr. A 4 (1828-1848), Marriage records 1836, page 215. Permanent pagelink: http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=11666&idx_id=11666&uid=ny&idx_side=-194 Thanks