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From: "borray" <>
Subject: Re: on Genealogy Warning
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 10:09:16 GMT


Richard I will be honest, I had a lot of questions about that terrible
borraname and the basque-direction solved a lot but for genealogywork my
charakter is to obstinate,
thanks for your attention and information.

pieter .

Richard A. Pence heeft geschreven in bericht
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>"borray" <> wrote in message
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>> The name de borrai, borray and borra is not a common name in
>> holland or in other parts of the world. It is very rare.
>> You are obcessed by the clerck ( typical us ?) and never a word
>> about the discrimination of Jewish people. Lots of Jewish
>> people in those day (after1580 alva) changed for that reason
>> their name and religion but that was in europe not in the states.
>> This family lived for more than 400 years in the same city,
>> this must be very strange in the mind of an american, sorry.
>> I only agree with you on the point that they came from abroad
> > before 1600.
>
>Pieter:
>
>It is not an obsession, but a statement of my belief. You have said that it
>was a small town and it was known who was who. As Bob Heiling and I have
>both commented, one does not automatically become acceptable by changing
the
>spelling of one's name - as Bob put it, "changing the name does not change
>the man." Without additional facts, your thesis that he changed his name so
>he could be a city councilman is untenable.
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>I am not that familiar with the development of surnames on the European
>continent, but this might be a fruitful area of research for you.
>
>Good luck on your research.
>
>Regards,
>Richard A. Pence, 3211 Adams Ct, Fairfax, VA 22030
>Voice 703-591-4243 Fax 703-385-0971
>Pence Family History <http://www.pipeline.com/~richardpence/>;
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