SkyDancer your answer was "A partridge is a bird!" ******************************************* Hey SkyDancer, good answer you win the prize.....lol God Bless Pam ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Borey Sent: 7/1/2002 5:11:44 AM To: MIGENESE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MIGENESE] Help me if you can...... > I had a grandmother whose last name was Partridge. Her nickname was > "Birdie" and it had nothing to do with her first name, which was Ethel, > so you might want to consider that possibility. > > >>> jay_ingalls@pipeline.com 06/30/02 01:26PM >>> > My grandmother Alberta was called "Bird" by my grandfather. Maybe > partly because she loved to talk to people. > > And one great-uncle, named Adelbert at birth, was called Delbert and > Bert. > > As usual, spelling is of minor importance in genealogy, but learning > all the possible versions of a name is a big help in tracking people > in the public and family records. > > Anyone that says their name was "always" spelled XXXX needs to take > some genealogy classes! > > Jay > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Norm and Miriam Midkiff" <kidmiff@juno.com> > To: <MIGENESE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: 29 June, 2002 1:05 PM > Subject: Re: [MIGENESE] Help me if you can...... > > > > > I have one census that has a son > > listed as Birdie. Who in the world would name a son Birdie? > > > > Birdie was an alternate spelling of the nickname "Bertie", which was > > short for Albert, Hubert, etc. It was a common nickname of that > era. > > > > Miriam Midkiff > > Spokane, Washington > > -Original-Sender: SkyDancer@ispwest.com Mon Jul 1 06:31:13 2002