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From: "David Monahan" <>
Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI-L] Mistakes
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 20:52:03 -0400


I can only say I appreciate the postings with or without mistakes. Also it
is not just something from the past- I have had mailings really butcher my
name- if someone in the future looks at some of these mailing lists they
would have no clue.

One more thing about these "mistakes". I can't say they are. It seems to
me the way the name is spelled today is more likely the mistake. My surname
is one. Monahan or Monghan or Manahan- who knows?? The one I've seen
spelled many different ways is Behe. No one is sure yet what it really was.
Prince Gallitzin spells it Buche and a naturalization in Huntingdon County
has it as Peche. Which one was original? I would say surely not Behe!
Soundex is a good system for many of these mispellings- only thing is it
even doesn't cover the Buche and Peche for Behe. I also got bitten early on
by the German Z's becoming S's (Zettlemoyer is Settlemoyer in the US). So
where was the mistake? For me I think its likely we're the ones spelling
the name grossly inaccurately and pronouncing these things even worse.


----- Original Message -----
From: Clark Creery <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 9:03 PM
Subject: [PACAMBRI-L] Mistakes


> Wow, now I feel very guilty. With all the mail concerning mistakes. I am
> guilty for contacting Father Ledoux and I am guilty for putting the names
> to the Lloyd Cemetery from the Donna Davis data (still in work). I am
> guilty with helping the 11th PA calvary type all of those names. Maybe I
> should just be satisfied with posting the cemeteries and cartoons? I have
> posted a caveat that explains that the data is only as good as what I
> receive and what errors I crank into it. My aunt, Ebg 4th grade teacher
> for years and years) told me I would never make it because I could not
> spell. Well, I still cannot so I noted on all that I have posted that the
> data should be used for information purposes only and not for validation.
> If I have any bad data out there, I stand responsible.
>
> Second Thoughts now
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> Clark Creery
> Ebg Page Coordinator
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