In a message dated 5/29/2000 9:16:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, MarieCSW@aol.com writes: > Anyone have a clue why they spell his name "ffrancis posey" in > lower case and with the first "f" doubled so often? Just curious. That's due to the way old writing was done. The lower-case "s" looked like an "f" so to make sure folks knew that what looked like an "f" was really an "f" they used the double "f" for it. When transcribing into modern documents, the double "f" really shouldn't be used but people do it anyway. They do the same thing with "ye" -- the "y" there isn't really a "y" it is a combination letter called a thorn which stood for "th." Vickie Elam White