RoseGoesToYale Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 I've been doing some genealogy research trying desperately to find the parents of one of my ancestors and wound up going through Catholic church records from Lithuania. They're from the 1880s and since Lithuania was part of the Russian Empire back then, all records were (hand)written in Russian. I have a pretty strong grasp of reading printed cyrillic, but cursive cyrillic (especially when it was written with an 130 year old ink pen) is a whole other endeavor. I ran across this name: I already have an idea of what it says transliterated to English, but I want an unbiased eye to confirm if I read it right. How would you transliterate this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LeChat Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 tagging @uniQChick Hello! I just thought I'd tag you, in case you'd be interested in this thread. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blaiddmelyn Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 I'm not 100% sure but it looks something like "Menunasov" to me. I can potentially ask my mum or brother if you want? They're actually fluent and originally from Russia. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RoseGoesToYale Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 3 minutes ago, Blaiddmelyn said: I can potentially ask my mum or brother if you want? They're actually fluent and originally from Russia. Sure! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blaiddmelyn Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 12 hours ago, RoseGoesToYale said: Sure! It's Yaknyunasov (Якнюнасовъ) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RoseGoesToYale Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 8 hours ago, Blaiddmelyn said: It's Yaknyunasov (Якнюнасовъ) I confirmed it with another source, too. It appear's I've found my great grandfather's baptism record (his family name was Yaknunas). Thanks! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Piotrek Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 10 hours ago, RoseGoesToYale said: I confirmed it with another source, too. It appear's I've found my great grandfather's baptism record (his family name was Yaknunas). Thanks! That's fascinating. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uniQChick Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 @RoseGoesToYale The word is written in an Old Church Slavonic which was the first Slavic literary language. It is pronounced as Yaknunasov (ya is pronounced as in yacht / u as in unity). In Russian transcription: Якнюнасовъ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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