1695 Birth Record of Mary Chase in Newbury, Massachusetts - Post 424 for Treasure Chest Thursday

It's Treasure Chest Thursday - a chance to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings.

The treasure today is the 1694/5 birth record of Mary Chase in the Newbury, Massachusetts town records:

The  birth record is:

The transcription of the birth record is:

"Mary ye daughter of Thomas Chase & Rebecca his wife borne January 15^th [1694]"

Although the record page says "1694" at the top, the year should be written as "1694/5" since this birth occurred in the January after December 1694.

The source citation for this record is:

"Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 August 2018), "Newbury Births, Marriages and Deaths," page 51 (image 697 of 2384), Mary Chase birth entry.

Mary Chase (1695-1732) was the daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Follansbee) Chase of Newbury, Massachusetts.  She married John Horton (1696-1796) of Swansea, Massachusetts on 9 July 1719 in Swansea, Massachusetts.  

This birth record is, I believe, a derivative source copy of the original town records in the Newbury town record books.  

Thomas and Mary (Chase) Horton are my 6th great-grandparents.  I am descended from their son Nathaniel Horton (1730-1819) who married Sarah Pray (1734-1820) in about 1755 and resided in Foster, Rhode Island.

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Finding David Auble's Land Records in Sussex County, New Jersey

At the Chula Vista Genealogical Society Research Group meeting today, I sang the praises of using the FamlySearch Catalog to find digital microfilm of  vital, church, land, tax, probate, etc. records.

I promised to demonstrate the process in a blog post so that other society members (and all Genea-Musings readers) could benefit by the example.  Here is my example:

1)  I wanted to find the land records for my 2nd great-grandfather David Auble in Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey.  I knew he lived there for a short time after his marriage to Sarah G. Knapp in 1844, and I hoped to find more Auble or Knapp land records.

2)  In the FamilySearch Catalog (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search), I searched for Sussex County, New Jersey:

After I typed "sussex" in the field above, I got a list of possible standard names - I chose "United States, New Jersey, Sussex" and clicked the "Search" button.

3)  On the list of Sussex County, New Jersey record types, I clicked on the Land and property" link to see the collections available:

The "Deeds, 1785-1901; index, 1785-1930 (Sussex County, New Jersey)" collection is the one I want.

4)  I clicked on the link for that collection, and saw the description of the collection:

And further down, the list of "Books" available:

This list also has the actual Deed volumes further down the list.

5)  For deeds, I want to look in both the Grantor and Grantee Indexes, so I clicked the "Grantor index, A-C, 1785-1930" link to see the index for Auble.

The Grantor and Grantee Indexes are alphabetical. In this case, with the AU names on a page after the AT names, but the surnames are mixed on a page - the page below has all of the AU entries:

On the left-hand page of the image above, I can see that there is a listing for David Auble.  The information available is:

*  Year:  1846
*  Grantor:  David Auble et ux
*  Grantee David L. Foster
*  Volume:  E4
*  Page:  333

I wrote that down on a piece of paper.  If I have many of them from the indexes, I use a Microsoft Word table so that I can order them by Volume number when I search for the records.

6)  I went back to the list of "Books" and looked for Volume E4.  There are two volumes on the set of digital microfilm - Volumes D4 and E4. 

I clicked on the link for Volumes D4 and E4, and found page 333 of Volume E4 on image 564 of 718:

The deed is on pages 333 and 334 (on the next image).

7)  My next step was to download the images using the "Download" button in the upper right-hand corner between the "Print" and "Tools" button.

I did that, and the images downloaded to my computer's "Download" folder with file names like "record-image_3Q9....jpg"

After the images downloaded, I clicked on them and changed the names of the images to, e.g.:

"DavidAuble-1846-Deed-SussexCoNJ-VolE4-pg333-toDavidFoster-image564of718"

I then moved the downloaded files from my "Download" folder to my file folder for the David Auble family.

Next, I entered the event into RootsMagic using the "Deed" event, the date it was executed, the location, and a short description of the transaction.  Then I wrote a source citation for the deed event.

In the near future, I will abstract the deed, transcribe the deed, and write an Amanuensis Monday blog post about it.  I will also try to find the location of the land on a map.

8)  There were several more Auble and Knapp deeds in the Sussex County Land Records, and I have found, downloaded, renamed, relocated, and sourced them also.  

9)  I hope this helps my colleagues and readers find land records for their ancestral families.  There often are surprises in these records that can help prove relationships and residence locations.

10)  I told my CVGS colleagues that FamilySearch digital microfilm is their new very best friend online - they all need to learn how to find records for their ancestral families using these FREE resources.  It's not hard to do - a researcher needs to be logical, adventurous, willing to learn this skill, and then apply it and they may have plenty of records to work with.

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San Diego Genealogical Society Meeting on Saturday, 11 August Features Sarah Cochran

The August meeting of the San Diego Genealogical Society (SDGS) is Saturday, 11 August at the St. Andrew's Lutheran Church (8350 Lake Murray Blvd., just south of Jackson Drive in San Diego).

The program speaker for both sessions will be Sara Cochran:

Sara's talks will be:

10:00 a.m.:  Irish Eyes are Smiling - Finding Records in the Land of Saints and Scholars 

11:30 a.m.:  Irish Eyes are Smiling - Civil Registration Records

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There are two 9 a.m. classes upstairs in the classrooms:

*   Class 1: Ancestry.com SIG, by Del Ritchhart

*   Class 2: Getting Your Photo Chaos Under Control, by Jenny Lynn Campbell

For more information about these classes, click here.  There is Limited Seating, RSVP Required.
If you plan to attend one of these classes, please email  sdgsclasses@gmail.com for a spot.

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The public is always welcome at SDGS meetings.  There is no charge for this program.  Please join us!

Please park in the main church parking lot, in the Jackson Drive parking lot, or on the street. Please DO NOT PARK in the neighboring strip mall.  Thank you in advance.

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Jamboree 2014 Photos - Day 3 - Post 527 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

Linda and I attended the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree conference in Burbank, California in early June.  We took the Amtrak out of San Diego on the Thursday morning of the conference and returned to San Diego on the Sunday afternoon.   Here are some photographs from our adventures:

1)  David Lambert was often at the New England Historic Genealogical Society exhibit:

2)  Geneabloggers J. Paul Hawthorne and Jane Neff Rollins were in the '60s spirit on Sunday:

3)  Barbara Renick has a new look:

4)  I had a great conversation about genealogy blogging with these three ladies in the '60s theme spirit from the Conejo Valley Genealogical Society:

4)  Connie and Toni from the Immigrant Genealogical Society helped me look for my Carringer German ancestry (and gave me a piece of Elyse's shower cake):

5)  I managed to get Geoff Rasmussen (of Legacy Family Tree and Family Tree Webinars) and Janet Hovorka of FamilyChartMasters to hold still in front of Janet's exhibits:

6)  Here is the panel for the Sunday presentation of "Rebranding Genealogy and Engaging the Next Generation" - from the left:  Michael Melendez, Josh Taylor, Crista Cowan, Elyse Doerflinger and the moderator, Janet Hovorka.

7)  Janet Hovorka and Melanie Frick (Homestead Genealogy blog) in front of Janet's exhibit:

8)  Brian Wolf Leverich and Karen Isaacson Leverich, founders of Rootsweb and Linkpendium, visited the Bloggers Island on Sunday afternoon:

9)  Many folks gathered on Sunday afternoon at the Bloggers Island:

More photos next week.

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Genealogy News Bytes - 7 August 2018

Some of the genealogy news items across my desktop the last four days include:

1)  News Articles:

*  GRAMPS 5.0.0 Released

*  Join Us for a Celtic Genealogy Cruise 

*  Genealogy Institute to Feature Freedmen of Five Civilized Tribes

*  In the Future, You Will Be Forever

2)  New or Updated Record Databases:

*   Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 29 July to 4 August 2018

*    Added or Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 29 July to 4 August 2018

*   Advantage Preservation Adds 600K Historical Newspaper Pages - July, 2018

*  TheGenealogist adds more English 1910 Lloyd George Domesday Records

3)  Genealogy Education:

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Free Family History Classes and Webinars for August 2018

* BYU Family History Library Webinar Series (August 2018)

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 8 August, 11 a.m. PDT:  Genealogical Proof for the Novice Genealogist, by Annette Burke Lyttle

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Friday, 10 August, 11 a.m. PDT:  50 Websites To Find Vital Records, by Gena Philibert-Ortega

*  Upcoming Genealogy With a Canadian Twist Webinar -- Thursday, 9 August, 10 a.m. PDT:  Episode 6 Virtual Coffee Chat With Kathryn 

*  Research Like a Pro Podcast:  RLP 4:  Locality Research Part 1

*  The Photo Detective Podcast:  Episode 18: Found Photos and My Unexpected Discovery

*  Extreme Genes Podcast:  Episode 246 – Fisher & Woodbury Talk How To Manage Your DNA Data & Accounts

*  The In-Depth Genealogist YouTube:  MAAGI

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube:  The Challenge of Syncing RootsMagic, FamilySearch Family Tree and Ancestry

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube:  Download DNA Matches to Analyze - A Segment of DNA

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube:  Using Social Media for Interactive Family Histories - Simone Russell

4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Tuesday, August 7,  2018

5)  DNA Success Stories:

*  Jeff’s FamilyTreeDNA story…was it the milkman?

*  Bill Uncovered a Half-Sister Using MyHeritage DNA

*  Long-lost brother from London reunited with family in Kentucky

*  Sisters reunited decades later on a mission to find their two brothers

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 3 August 2018?

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Ancestry.com Recently Added New York State Birth Index, 1881-1942

One of the latest (23 July 2018) added record collections on Ancestry.com is the New York State, Birth Index, 1881-1942.  They describe the database as:

This collection consists of indexes of births from the state of New York between the years 1881 and 1942. The State of New York began statewide registration of births in 1881, under the supervision of local boards of health. The collection contains only indexes to records, but the certificate number can be used to order a copy of the original certificate. 

Details vary, but records may include the following information:

• Name

• Birth Date

• Birth Place

• Gender

• State Certificate Number

Obtaining Copies of CertificatesCertificates may be purchased from the New York Department of Health website, located here.

I wondered how many "Seaver" entries there were in this collection, so on the collection page I entered "seaver" the surname field:

I clicked on "Search" and saw 198 entries (but some of them seem to be duplicates):

I clicked on the 4th result on the list for George A. Seaver, and saw the record summary:

There is not much information on the record summary, is there more on the actual index record?

Here is the record image for the entry for George A. Seaver:

So there is only a surname, a given name, a birth place, a date, and a certificate number.

The index is by year, then by alphabetical surname, and then alphabetical by given name (although children without a given name are listed first for each surname).

That's not much, but it's more than researchers had without going to Albany and seeing these indexes.   So it is progress.  To see more information about the birth event, the researcher needs to order the birth certificate using the link provided.

I wonder how soon it will be for Ancestry Hints to appear for this database?

I need to mine these records and add source citations for persons in this database to my RootsMagic family tree, and thence to my Ancestry Member Tree using TreeShare, and to the FamilySearch Family Tree using RootsMagic's FamilySearch Person Tool.

Am I related to George A. Seaver?  Yep - he is my 5th cousin 2x removed, born George Archibald Seaver on 5 December 1886 in Bath-on-Hudson, Rensselaer County, New York to Joseph Henry and Frances H. (Bennett) Seaver.

UPDATED:  Thank you to Zio for correction!

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Treasure Chest Tuesday - 1930 Voter Register for Abbie A. Smith in San Diego, California

Today's Tuesday's Treasure is the 1930 Voter Registration entries for my 2nd great-grandmother Abbie A. Smith in San Diego, California:

The extracted data is:

SMITH, Mrs. Abbie A. --  2115 30th., Hw. [housework?] Rep. [Republican]

The source citation for this record is:

"California Voter Registers, 1900-1968," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com)   1930, San Diego County, San Diego, Precinct No. 160, page 7, Mrs. Abbie A. Smith entry.

Abbie A. Smith was residing at 2115 30th Street in San Diego with Austin and Della (Smith) Carringer (my great-grandparents).  Abbie was Della's mother and age 86 in 1930, and died in 1931.  She was the widow of Devier James Lamphear Smith (1839-1894).  The house number has changed since the 1924 entry (it was 2105)  because the Carringers moved the house about 80 feet north in about 1927.

In this record, Abbie does housework and is registered in the Republican Party.

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Monday Genea-pourri - 6 August 2018

Here are some of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week:

1) Attended the CVGS Family History Day Committee meeting and CVGS Board Meeting last Wednesday at the library.  We are 8 weeks away from the community-wide Family History Day on 29 September, where I have two presentations.

2)  Wrote, edited and published the August 2018 edition of the Chula Vista Genealogical Society Newsletter.  The ten pages include upcoming program and meeting notices, past program and meeting reviews, upcoming webinar lists, interesting genealogy blog post links, and more.  

3)  Found and transcribed the will of John Guild (1616-1682) of Dedham, Massachusetts in the Suffolk County (Mass.) probate record volumes, and used it for today's Amanuensis Monday post.

4)  Took part in the Mondays With Myrt webinar today.  We discussed FamilySearch Indexing, the DAR proof requirements, Fudge family photos found at a car boot sale in England, the Henry White deeds in Killingly CT, Connecticut records, Pat's open letter to an archivist, archival supplies, eBay watch lists, and using Feedly for blog reading.

5)  Watched one webinar at Family Tree Webinars ("An Overview of Important Historical Record Collections" by Tal Erlichman) and one webinar on Virtual Genealogical Association ("Mapping Your Ancestors" by Helen Smith).  

6)  Added about 30 more charts to the presentation for my project researching the ancestry of a local personality, and will present what I find at the CVGS Family History Day in September with him and his family in attendance.  The presentation is about 75% done now, but will need to be pared down.  I TreeShared once and worked through one session of adding Ancestry Hints to the RootsMagic tree, which has grown to 527 persons with 1,601 citations.  

7)  Started a new presentation on "Attending a Genealogy Conference" which I will give on 15 August to the SDGS German Interest Group.  Added about 25 charts defining different conference types (national, regional, specialty, cruises, institutes, etc.) and when the next event for each will be.  The next batch of slides will discuss the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree and RootsTech in more detail, along with photographs of conferences.  

8) There were several sessions working in RootsMagic to update FamilySearch Family Tree profiles for Seaver families and other database families, with occasional additions to the RootsMagic profiles. I have matched 24,990 of my persons with FSFT.  I now have 50,469 persons in my RootsMagic file, and 95,302 source citations.   I TreeShared twice during the last week, but didn't resolve any Ancestry Hints.  I've fallen behind on the Ancestry Record Hints with 70,506 waiting to be resolved, but I'm working on them occasionally.

9)  Have 297 Shared Ancestors on my AncestryDNA list (I had 296 last week), 948 4th cousins or closer (I had 944 last week), and 861 pages (over 43,000 matches with at least 6 cM) (was 855 pages last week) of  matches.  I have 23 DNA Circles (was 23 last week).  I have 14 matches that are third cousins or closer, and 100 matches with 34 cM (0.5%) or more (was 100 last week).  My highest match has 779 cM (11.5%), and is one of my first cousins.  My ethnicity estimate has not been modified yet.

10)  Have 4,290 DNA Matches on MyHeritage (up from 4,258 last week) with at least 8 cM (0.12%), with 25 matches with more than 34 cM (0.5%) or more (was 24 last week).  I have three close relatives, including a first cousin once removed, and two first cousins twice removed.  The highest DNA match is 512 cM (7.1%).

11)  Have 987 DNA Relatives on 23andMe (I had 984 last week) who share at least 0.10% (7 cM) with me.  The two closest relatives are third cousins.  Of these, only 3 share 1.0% or more, and 47 share 0.50% or more (was 47 last week), with the highest match being 1.54%. My highest match is an adoptee.  I struggle to find out anything about most of these testers.

12)  Have 2,733 autosomal DNA Matches on FamilyTreeDNA (up from 2,728 last week) who share 0.25% (18 cM) or more, with the highest match being 96 cM (1.42%).  I have 12 who share at least 1.0% (68 cM) with me, and 1,476 who share at least 0.50% (34 cM) or more (was 1,476 last  week) with me.

13) Wrote 20 Genea-Musings blog posts last week, of which three were press releases.  The most popular post last week was "1728 Marriage Record of John Tracy and Mary Hawkins in Providence, Rhode Island - Post 423 for Treasure Chest Thursday" with over 465 views.  

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Information About ICAPGen (International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists)

I received this information from ICAPGen last week, and thought my readers might be interested in becoming an Accredited Genealogist:

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Who we are
The Accredited Genealogist® credential is awarded by the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGenSM), a fully independent non-profit organization based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Historically, this credential was sponsored by the Genealogical Society of Utah, now known as FamilySearch, but in 2000 the GSU transferred sponsorship of the AG® credential to ICAPGen. Today ICAPGen remains fully independent of any other organization.

What the Accredited Genealogist credential stands for
Genealogy researchers who demonstrate sufficient theoretical and practical backgrounds are given exams for specific geographical regions, and upon passing are rightfully designated as research experts in that region. The AG credential acknowledges this expertise. 

Where we are
Our Accredited Genealogist professionals can be found worldwide, and have proven research expertise in one or more of 8 United States regions and 21 different countries.

What we know and do
Those who hold the Accredited Genealogist credential have demonstrated knowledge of the key sources, history, geography, methodologies, and language of their region of interest and know how to access those records, wherever they exist, whether it is through personal onsite research, correspondence with repositories, or through a representative onsite. They are also proficient in the use of digitized original sources online. Accredited Genealogist professionals possess the skill to transcribe and abstract handwritten documents, analyze and interpret evidence, and communicate research results in quality written reports.

Where we test
Exams are typically held at the Family History Library in Utah, but for those who prefer to test elsewhere we can arrange a proctored exam at a local facility, and conduct an Oral Review via the internet. 

The ICAPGenSM service mark and the Accredited Genealogist® and AG® registered marks are the sole property of the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists. All Rights Reserved.

https://www.icapgen.org

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Amanuensis Monday - Post #440: 1682 Will of John Guild (1616-1682) of Dedham, Massachusetts

This week's document for Amanuensis Monday is the 1682 will of John Guild of Dedham, Massachusetts in the Suffolk County, Massachusetts Probate Record volumes:

[Volume 6, pages 624-625]

[Volume 6, pages 626-627]

The transcription of the will is:

[page 625]

Know All Men By These Presents, That I, John

Guild of Dedham, in the County of Suffolke in

the Massathusetts Colony in New England, be-

ing at present weake in body and in expecta-

tion of my departure out of this world do make

this my last will and Testament in manner

and forme as followeth, viz^t. First, I give unto

my three Children Samuel John & Elizabeth

all my Wearing apparell to bee equally divi-

ded amongst them, as well linnen as woolen.

I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth

two Cows, one of which is at present in her

hands, and my Bed with all belonging thereun-

to as also all that is in my Chest that is suta-

ble for her use. Further, I give unto my s^d daugh-

ter all my Land lying neer the Falls, in the

dividend called Natick Dividend to her and her

heires forever, and one Booke of M^r. Burroughs

called Gosple Conversation. I give and be-

queath unto my son John Guild, all my

land lying in Wrentham as well upland

as meadow, as also my Lott near Meadfield

in the dividend called Meadfield Dividend to

him and to his heires forever. Also, I give un-

to my s^d Son John my Loomes & four Sleays

which are Sutable for present use as also one

wheele w^th y^e blades, and a Booke called the

Sound Believer. I give and bequeath unto

my son Samuel Guild all my House Lott

with my dwelling house & Barne with my

land upon Wigwam plain; as also my

Meadow at Fowle Meadows & Eight acres of Land

more or less, at ragged plaine, and also all

Common rights in Lands to me any waies be-

longing which are not already mentioned in this

my will I give to him and to his heires for

ever. Also I give to my Son Samuel a great

Chest standing in the Bed Roome and all

my movables and Household Stuffe which are

[page 626]

not already given in this my will.

Finally I do make appoint ordain and Con-

stitute my Son Samuel to bee Executo^r to this

my will. And for a full manifestation

that this above written is my reall will

I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my

seal, this third of October in the yeare of our

Lord One thousand Six hundred Eighty and

two.                                  John Guild & a Seale

In presence of Nathaniel Stearns

                       Thomas Metcalfe.

Nathan^ll Stearns and Thomas Metcalfe made

Oath in Court 3^d Nov^r 1682 that they were

present and did see John Guild Signe &

seale & heard him publish this Instrum^t to

bee his last will and that when hee so did

hee was of disposeing minde to their understand-

ing.                                  Is^a Addington Ctre

The source citation for the probate records of Daniel Morse is:

"Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991," indexed database with digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 April 2016), Volume 6, pages 625-626 (images 528-529 of 922), John Guild of Dedham, 1682; original court record books in Suffolk County Probate Court, Boston, Mass.

John Guild (1616-1682) wrote his will on 3 October 1682 and died on 4 October 1682.  The will was proved in Suffolk County Probate Court on 3 November 1682.  He married Elizabeth Crooke (1618-1669) in 1645 in Dedham, Massachusetts.  They had seven children, but only three (Samuel, John and Elizabeth) were still living when he made his will.

Note that this record book is a transcription of the original Probate Court record book (the pages note that this will was on page 389 of the original volume.  The original will and other probate papers are probably in the probate packet in the Suffolk County Probate Courthouse in Boston.  Therefore, this is a Derivative Source with Primary information and Direct Evidence, but the wording in this transcription may be slightly different from the original handwritten and signed will.

I was able to find the original will, but no other papers, in the Suffolk county Probate Case Files on AmericanAncestors in Case 1251.  The will text is substantially as transcribed above with differences in punctuation, spelling and capitalization.  Here is the image:

The major difference is that the original handwritten will is divided into sections, but the probate court clerk transcription runs all of the sections together in order to save paper.

And there is a signature of John Guild and the two witnesses from 1682.  How cool is that?  

John Guild (1616-1682) and Elizabeth Crooke (1618-1669) are my 9th great-grandparents.  I am descended through their son, Samuel Guild (1647-1731) who married Mary Woodcock (1653-1703) in 1676 in Dedham.

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NOTE:  Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent  TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday."  John offers this definition for "amanuensis:" 

"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

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