Re: [Bann Valley] EPPI

[Lunney Family <family@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes; I'd agree; be aware that spellings were much more variable in  
the past than we can conceive of today. And the records were created  
by someone in a 19th century English office trying to read  
handwritten reports sent from places they had never heard of. It is a  
good idea to check all the records fot a particular parish (with  
variant spellings, like Kilraughts Kilraghts) and if a record looks  
as if it might contain local names, check it. By opening up a record  
that listed licenced apothecaries, even though Ihad no inkling that  
any of my ancestors might have been apothecaries, I found a kinsman  
Archibald Borland of Kilraughts; his name was spelled Borband; I'd  
never have found it searching for any normal Borland type spelling  
variant.
Linde

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