I think in those days Polly was always a nickname for Mary, as was Molly. Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. Historian, genealogist and attorney 155 Polifly Road Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 (201) 567-9440 office BarbaradeMare@yahoo.com (home) http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/ ----- Original Message ---- From: Mert & Holly Kilpatrick <kilpatrk@epix.net> To: nywestch@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 8:56:49 PM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje Polly was in Old-Fashioned Girl. Was her real name Mary? I'll have to re-read it and see. I like to re-read LMA's books every few years anyway. Holly >-----Original Message----- >From: nywestch-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nywestch-bounces@rootsweb.com] >On Behalf Of quillpen1 >Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 6:36 PM >To: nywestch@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje > >I never heard Polly used for Mary until I started genealogical research but >saw it often in English Lit, especially poetry, way back when I was in high >school. > >Wasn't one of the sisters in "Little Women" called Polly for Mary?? Or was >it one of Louisa Alcott's other books?? > >Maureen *************************************** Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ *************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message