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From: "Fred R. Steputis" <>
Subject: [LITHUANIA-L] Finding Naturalization
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 21:22:11 +0000
In-Reply-To: <381440535.989985343442.JavaMail.root@web315-wra.mail.com>


All of the old records I have looked at in Pennsylvania used Penna.
They were all heavily ethnic German. I presumed it to be some kind
of Germanized abbreviation but don't actually know.

Fred S



> Mary, Bill and Eva gave you correct information and good advice. I just
> wanted to add that in 1920 there were no abbreviations for states the way we
> use them today in posting mail. Pennsylvania, if it had been abbreviated at
> all, would have been Penn. However, the state was always written fully, or
> dittoed from the previous line.
>
> Emily
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