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My in a name column of an old record is a contraction of the first name Mary.
My keeps the first and last letters of Mary and drops the middle, so in name lists it has no period. The y was often raised above the line.
It is easy to read My as the ordinary word my or as a slip of the pen. In a list of names, a My followed by a surname is most likely Mary, but look for the name in full elsewhere.
As seen in a recordEntry in a church baptism register
My Blackwood, dau. of Robt. and Margt.
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Daily Ancestor. "My." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/abbreviations/my. Last checked 2026-10-12.