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From: (Terri)
Subject: Johnson vs Johnston
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 07:47:48 -0800
In-Reply-To: NJ-D-request@rootsweb.com's message of Fri, 7 Jan 200522:00:19 -0700


I'll be very interested to hear other takes on this question.

I've only been researching family a few years, so I'm no authority,
however I have found the name spelling thing quite a problem. And there
doesn't seem to be a solution.

Given that folks often couldn't read or write and didn't really give
their names the "importance" we do now -- we've all seen the same name
spelled two or three different ways in one document -- what are our
chances??

Bless our ancestors' hearts! Terri

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