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From: Mary Salisbury <>
Subject: Re: HOLDER-D Digest V00 #94
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 15:40:31 -0700
References: <200010110701.e9B71Bu25361@lists5.rootsweb.com>


Hello Mitzi;

You gave a lot of good reasons for multiple spellings of a name, surname or
given. Let me add another: The writer may be showing off his education by
spelling a name as many ways as he can think of. I have seen many different
spellings in the same document. The more ways to spell is supposed to show how
educated the person doing the entry thinks he is.

Mary Salisbury

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> HOLDER-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 94
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> Today's Topics:
> #1 RE Houlder? ["Mitzi Hammond Perkins" <mperkins@]
> #2 A.G. Holder ["carpetman5" <]
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> Subject: RE Houlder?
> Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 15:58:53 -0500
> From: "Mitzi Hammond Perkins" <>
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> In answer to the original question as to why so many different spellings of
> a name.... 1. The level of literacy of the individual giving the
> information, as well as the person taking it, 2. how well a person taking
> the information could hear, or how interested they were in the work, 3. the
> accent or dialect of a person giving the information 4. known or accepted
> spellings of a name....would be a few reasons. In my Humphries surname
> search, I have counted over 40 ways to spell it, including Umphress,
> Pumphreys and Humphreys.
> Mitzi Hammond Perkins
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> Subject: A.G. Holder
> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 21:57:38 -0600
> From: "carpetman5" <>
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> Hi my name is Genys ray Holder II . I am trying to find a Holder - Anders
> connection.My grandfather isAgyness genys Holder.He had two brothers
> namedR.C and B.J. who both took their stepdads last name of Anders.He also
> had a sister who was Annie Cole.If anyone can help please reply I have been
> trying to find connections with no luck.My grandfathers SSN was issued in
> Alabama . Thanks Mr. Genys Holder

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