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From: Cynthia Crigler< >
Subject: Sirnames threw histery
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 13:19:48 -0600

Hi everyone,

Thought you might enjoy the following post that I got from the Roots-L List.

Cynthia Crigler/Kriegler/Grickler/Kringler/Quigley

>>Subject: Put Of The Past
>>Sender:
>>Reply-To:
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>>Listowner Note: The following is a real note sent from a census taker in
>>the 1800s to the government. This may explain why a lot of us have
>>variations in the spellings of our names. LOL
>>
>>
>>centsus rekurds "I am a cencus taker for the city of Bufflow. Our city has
>>groan very fast in resent years and now, in 1865, it has becum a hard and
>>time consooming job to count all the peephill. Thare is not meny that can
>>do this werk, as it is necesarie to have a ejucashun, which a lot of
>>pursons still do not have. Another atribeart needed for this job is good
>>speling, for meny of the peephill to be caounted can hardle speek inglish,
>>let alone spel there name."
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>Lester Trammell Buckalew "Buckles"
> 736 Rockford Circle; Birmingham, AL 35209-3155 (205)942-6780

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