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From: Dennis Ahern <>
Subject: Re: Excerpts from Irish newspapers
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:02:23 +0000 (UTC)
References: <b6fohm$rrp$1@pcls4.std.com> <3e8be700.905753@news.cis.dfn.de>


In soc.genealogy.ireland cecilia <> wrote:
: Dennis Ahern wrote:

:>HARWITH, MAY, 20.--The Alert, Eskdale, of Whithby,...

: Is that Whithby or Whitby in the original?

It is quite clearly "Whithby" in the original printed text. There was no
spelcheck in the days of hand type.

-dja

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