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From: "John Polk" <>
Subject: RE: [LDR] MD Archives tax list
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 12:8:45 -0500

The NAME is what appears on the actual taxlist, the STANDARDIZED NAME is
what Jean Russo believes is the most prevalent form of the name as found in
general usage in the community - a matter of judgement on her part, but
intended to help the search process when names appeared in non-standard
form. She provides the following explanation in her Introduction (see
Technical Notes):

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The transcription includes a field for standardized names that group
phonetically similar entries...... Standardized names for heads of
household and free dependents are intended to facilitate locating
individuals in the lists; they are not offered as "correct" or "official"
spellings. I tried to retain the spelling used most commonly by the
constables across the county and across the time period. In some cases I
used contemporary spellings (such as Montgomery rather than Mungumry) when
the eighteenth-century spellings were sufficiently different that
researchers might not locate relevant entries.
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The particular example you cite does seem a somewhat unusual name for
Somerset, but the Somerset records, like any good time capsule, are full of
the unexpected.

John Polk
Havre de Grace



> [Original Message]
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Date: 2/1/2004 2:48:21 AM
> Subject: [LDR] MD Archives tax list
>
> Can someone explain the following tax entry to me. Which name appears on
the
> actual tax list, the NAME or the STANDARDIZED NAME? Where does the
alternate
> name come from, what source?
>
> This is how it appears on the MD Archive website:
>
> Year: 1749; Hundred: WICOMICO; Household Number: 208
> Name: Driskell, Rosey; Standardized Name: DRINKALD, ERASMUS; Status:
HEAD -
> TAXED
> MSA No: C1812-23-70122
>
> Thanks,
> Gale
>
>
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