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    1. Trenton City Directories
    2. Can anyone tell me why someone would be listed in a city directory twice, with 2 different spellings of the last name? For example, my g-g-g-grandfather Daniel Knott, and g-g-grandfather Thomas James Knott, were listed in the 1882 Trenton City Directory under those names, AND under the spelling of the last name NUTT. I can see how NUTT or KNOT or NOTT could be mistaken for KNOTT, but why would the directory list them twice? I mean, you'd think they would have been asked by the preparers of the directory what their names were, and entered once, that way... so any ideas on how or why they would be in their twice? Thanks for any info! Holly Knott in Bucks Co., Pa

    09/16/2000 03:30:05