Mother's name

[Ric Rasmussen]

What is the mother's name in the first record on the right?

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L94W-JS1R?i=37&wc=M5KH-VZ7%3A357517501%2C357801401%2C357956501%2C357986301%3Fcc%3D2078555&cc=2078555

It is supposed to be Karen.  If that is true, why does it look so different from the daughter's name which is the same?

Thanks,

Ric

[Ralph Rasmussen]

Gothic/black letter vs. italic/latin - The most important or unusual words are ideally written in the latter.

[Ric Rasmussen]

Thank you, Ralph, for that explanation.  It does make those names easier to find in the text.

[Christian Konstmann Autzen]

Hi Ric

You will see many times in church records that the priest make an effort to write the kids name much more legible than the other names.

Greetings
Christian

[Ralph Rasmussen]

I might add that words that are plainly Latin or a Latin root also are generally in an italic longhand, ee.g. ibid[em],eod[em], sc[ilicit], nom[ine], confirm[eret], copul[eret].  A curved mark is often used to distinguish 'u' and a horizontal line to mark a doubled m or n. thus ͞m.

[Ric Rasmussen]

Thank you, Christian and Ralph.