Just sticking in my two cents worth about the name Mifsouri. In the old days it was correct to change a "s" to "f" when two "s's" were written together. Another example would be the name "Mississippi" which would have been written "Mifsifsippi". Hope this will be helpful to you. Charlen -----Original Message----- From: T C <surchin@juno.com> To: DELOACH-L@rootsweb.com <DELOACH-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, October 10, 1999 4:46 PM Subject: [DELOACH-L] Re: DeLoach Bible >Hi Nanci, > >Yes, I already know that it probably is Missouri. However, for the sake >of clarifying exactly what the Bible record shows, let me further say >that it is spelled with a capital M and the other letters are lower case. > All of the writing is cursive (long-hand), and no printing. > Mif the f extends well above and below the line, > Mifs the s is very clear, and does not extend below the line. > Mifsouri Ann E. Deloach - Ann is definitely another word, and the E. is >definitely another initial. > >The Bible records are inconsistent, however. Those records were from the >left page. I notice that records on the right page about the same person >are contradictory. That page is to follow. > >Tim Carter > > >On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 11:24:30 -0700 "NANCI PRESLEY-HOLLEY" ><nancip-h@worldnet.att.net> writes: >>Dear Tim, >> >>On your Mifsouri -- it's probably Missouri -- I have an aunt who was >>named >>Tennessee and the way they wrote the "s's" back then looked like "fs". >> Just >>thought this might help and you probably already knew it any way. >>Thanks >>for posting the Bible notations. >> >>Nanci >> > >___________________________________________________________________ >Get the Internet just the way you want it. >Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! >Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. >