I was told at the first courthouse that I was researching in, by the Probate Judge
that the LS after the signature meant legal signature.  He said that the person
had signed his on name and this was not found after the ones where the person had
made his mark and someone else had written the signature for him/her.
Thanks,
 Jan

Steven Coker wrote:

 Lee Adair wrote:
> > ... a number of them were followed by the letters L.S. ....
>
>  L.S. or l.s. stands for "locus sigilli" and probably means place of the seal.
>
>  locus, loci
>  place, location, situation, spot, seat, rank, position, point, region, ...
>
>  sigillum, sigilli
>  seal, sign, statuette, embossed figure, relief, from signet ring, ...
>
>  signum, signi
>  seal, indication, sign, mark, token, signal, proof, image, statue, ...
>
> See:
> http://www.scroots.org/terms.html
> http://lysy2.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/words.pl
> http://www.geocities.com/~stilicho/abbreviations.html
> http://kufacts.cc.ukans.edu/ftp/pub/history/Europe/Medieval/aids/latwords.html
>
> 
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