Ah yesss! I can see how Derrick and Rick/Dick could be mushed together. Thanks for the info .... Will file it away in case I run across it again. Rich in NH Judy Pisano wrote: > > Richard: > Since the Deckers were Dutch, the Dutch form of > Richard is Derrick; this may have been written as Rick > or Dick by English authorities. I have come across > many instances in my Bird research of the same man > being called Derrick in one document and Richard in > another.