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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 230230, member: 44&quot;]As to spelling on early vital records, it is very common to see misspellings. In fact back in the early 1800s and before it was a sign of high education to be able to spell a name or whatever several different ways. Many wills, probate papers, etc... from earlier times have a person&#039;s name spelled many different ways in the same document. Also in small communities many recorders have/had limited education resulting is what&#039;s consider misspellings today. I believe it wasn&#039;t until the publishing of Noal Webster&#039;s dictionary in early 1800s was the language started to be standardized.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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