Hello Peggy, Yes, all those changes were done. The point being that these interim changes do appear on various genealogical records recorded during those times which makes our job as genealogists that much harder. An important clue to your ancestors heritage could be lost because of the "Americanization" of some words. History and Genealogy go hand in hand. >You have got to be kidding!! Do you mean that they changed the name of >these items of food in that time of animosity? >It is like the pronunciation of Berlin being changed to Bur-lin(emphasis on >the first syllable ) during the first world war. >For those of us researching, a name pronunciation change could be a clue >but changing the names of food?!!!!! > >Peggy Fountain-Taylor > > >==== NJESSEX Mailing List ==== >Visit the Essex County Genealogy Web Site at: ><http://www.rootsweb.com/~njessex/> > Glenn G. Geisheimer glenng@castle.net