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From: "Gary Rea" <>
Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] Conococheague
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:59:41 -0500
References: <20060826.104509.1440.2.lgamby@juno.com>

Hi, Larry. My ancestors lived on the east bank of the Conococheague, which
was undoubtedly wider and deeper in their day.

Gary Rea


----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry R Gamby" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] Conococheague


>I was raised only a couple of miles from the Conococheague Creek. It is
> not very big and some small boys or girls could throw a stone across it.
> I will try to pronounce it phonetically:
>
> con - oh - ka/ko - jig some say it this way - with no stress on any
> one syllable.
> con - oh - ka/ko - chig others this way - same
>
> In rapid speach it is usually the first way.
> It is a native American [Indian] word and probably originally pronounced
> somewhat different than we do today.
>
> .............Larry
>
>
>
> On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:24:19 EDT writes:
>> "History of Leitersburg District,Washington Co,Md "1898 Herbert C
>> Bell
>> says Washington County's 2nd courthouse burned in 1871. Loss of
>> records?
>>
>> How is Conococheague pronouced? I saw it spelled Kennedy-gig once.
>> Is there a local nickname? I read that 22 miles of Conococheague
>> Creek are in
>> Md,
>> and 58 more in Franklin Co,Pa. 80 miles. I've read that a chrrek
>> 100 miles
>> long is called a river.
>> Salem Reformed church nw of Hagerstown,Md dates from 1768, but there
>> was an
>> earlier Conococheague Reformed church mentioned.
>>
>>
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