Hi about the name. i have found in my 20 plus years of research that -usually- the name was written -by the few that could write - just the way that it sounded to the listener and another factor -- how plain the speaker could the people speak . as you know many of the earlier settlers married cousins - do we know how many generations had intermarried. and you don't have to be in the medical profession to know what it can do to the off springs. and speech and hearing are oftened affected. just as today - depends what area of social life you are in for the name to be pronounced kor ne gay or car ni ga. i've seen it happen in some of the same family; parents one way, children another. nothing official JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT RUTH At 12:24 PM 8/2/1998 EDT, you wrote: > >In a message dated 7/29/98 11:21:14 PM, you wrote: > ><<I have read several sources for the origin of the name Kornegay. The choice >of my use of Hans Jurg Gnagi given to me by Matt Ward was simply that the >pronunciation most closely resembled the current pronunciation of Kornegay.>> > >Let me go on record to say that I have no inside information that this name is >correct. Nor am I the original suggestor of this name. I got it from someone >else (don't remember where). Matt Ward > > >==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ==== > > > > > >