I sent this particular letter to some friends so they could get the handwriting site. This was one person's response to this statement. His mother is German, so he speaks fluent German. > > << Most of the time if you see "Mapey' it is really Massey. The P stood for > ss. > > >> > Not exactly, .... > The pronunciation that came from the original German S-Set= a B with a tale > down the left side...it followed the Tutonic crossover of old Saxon German > into modern day English and was present well into the 19th Century... > Elaine Blackman