My Gr-Gr-Grandmothers real name was Martha Ann and she was called "Mattie" (her mother also was named Martha Ann)............. My mothers name is Marjory and she is call "Marj"........ Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: <Patdmom@aol.com> To: <MARTIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [MARTIN-L] NICKNAMES? | A needle in the haystack is right! And being called Mattie, but truly named | Margorie, is quite a stretch. I'm sure you've thought about the need to keep | a wide open mind on her given name, still. I've read about quite a few | errors on "official documents". Depending on who gave the info, especially | in a traumatic time, the name could be misspelled, as you said; | misunderstood; "sounds like"; just plain wrong.... Good luck!!! | Pat | |