This is the way that Kornegay is pronounced in this area. the first one is the one the hi society uses (for instance when my brother in laws nephew (Horace Kornegay) was working in Washington DC he was the cor ne gay - but when he came to our area he was just the same as the rest . cor neg gie. some - cor ne gay and some == cor neg gie Hope this makes sense/. Ruth At 06:25 PM 5/24/01 -0700, you wrote: >Sheila and all, > >I emailed Jan Hornick this morning asking if she has any documentation for >John George Hornigh being in Wexford County, Ireland after 1711. If she has >a citation showing J.G. Hornigh there after that date, that makes the George >Kornegay connection pretty thin. > >A thing that has always bothered me about the Hornigh connection is that >most of the various early spellings of George Kornegay's last name in the >eighteenth century do not include a "r". I don't know of any occassions >where the German "r" is silent. When I lived in Winston-Salem about 25 >years ago, many of the North Carolina Kornegays I met pronounced the name >without an "r". Wonder how Ruth and the other folks there pronounce the >name today. > >We'll see what I get from Jan. I'll forward it to the group as soon as she >responds. > >Joe > > > > > >_______________________________________________________ >Send a cool gift with your E-Card >http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ > > > >==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ==== >To post messages to this list send To: [email protected]; >To subscribe or unsubscribe from this listsend to >[email protected]