Yep, just do the best you can with what you have, right? I really have NOTHING of my own work from the German records so have to rely on all of you experts. Certainly experts in my book --, I wanted to mention something else at this point also-- it was absolutely wonderful to meet so many of you at the Germanna reunion in 2007 and now when I read emails from you -- I can picture you in my mind. What a joy. Take care all. Marilyn -----Original Message----- From: Cary Anderson <drcary@cox.net> To: germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 7:19 pm Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Thomas family file Marilyn, Sometimes, you just have to do the way it makes sense to you. I suppose you haven't seen Picklebuehler found down in the Rowan/Forsyth Counties area of North Carolina. Just a bit of what happens after 20 years of trying to decide the first name of one of my ancestors. It appeared there were two daughters named Mary. Finally, I found records that were clearly Macy. There was another daughter named Mary. Well, I organized all the proofs as I had always done when preparing lineage papers to be submitted to DAR. Approval was given. The certificate came back with the name MARY! Someone reviewing the papers had marked through Macy and substituted Mary. The document I submitted to show that Macy was the name clearly showed a "c" not a "r". My cousin just told me not to worry about it, at least she had her Overton line approved by DAR. Everyone makes goofs. So, what is one to do. Smile and get on with the task at hand. Cary ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message