Thanks for the in put Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: <Frazergal@aol.com> To: <MARTIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 7:11 AM Subject: Re: [MARTIN-L] Re: Martins] > Janet, > I think that you could be missing out on some records if you only consider > those Moses Martin's that had an "L" as their middle initial. Remember that > although your ancestor might have always used his middle initial on records, > the person actually doing the writing could decide not to write his middle > initial. Or what if someone else was the information to the census taker. In > my opinion "always" is a dangerous assumption. > > Theresa Cappel > > > In a message dated 8/30/01 7:08:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > monkey@getgoin.net writes: > > > This Moses Martin as was told is not my Moses L Martin because my Moses > > always used the L for Lydell in all his records. Now if this not my Moses > > who his he? Janet > > >