Hi Margaret, Not long ago, I found a reference to an ancestor in the Diary of Parson Woodforde and his wife was referred to as Patty. On further questioning of experts of this Diary, I was informed that it referred to Martha and that it was a common nickname for Martha in the 18th century. This is second hand, but may be a help Regards, Nancy Frey Newcastle, Ontario, CANADA OPC for Ansford & Castle Cary, Somerset Moderator of Yahoo! Catsash Group Moderator of Yahoo! FULFORD_North Devon Group Moderator of Yahoo! DAVIDGE Connections Group ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Thompson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:37 AM Subject: [GLS] Nickname > First of all many thanks to Jenny and Elizabeth for their help re Thomas > and Martha Archer. Elizabeth found a marriage for me in 1833 between a > Thomas Archer and a Patty Hiatt. I have tried searching The Genealogist > site in the 1841 Census for a Patty Archer and it keeps throwing up both > Matilda and Martha Archers (none of which are mine) so I was wondering if > Patty could be a nickname for Martha like Peggy can be short for Margaret? > Any ideas? > Thanks, > Margaret > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on > www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will > then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message