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Author: jherwick09
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Thank you for your reply.
I received the middle initial from some family kept records. Which I will admit are not
totally complete which is why I need more information. Thus sharing what I have on here
and hoping for constructive collaboration.
On your comment about middle names not widely given I must disagree as in the book I sited
there are many people with middle names. The sources that are sited in the book are
federal and state records. I replied to another who questioned the books sources and
listed more in the reply to them.
Also I am researching 5 different families and have many people from that era that have
middle names. I received them from birth, marriage and death records. Some of these
records I have a copy of the original record not just some internet listing.
Now I will admit that I am not a professional and may get things wrong but I do check my
sources and I do give leeway for mistakes made from outside non state/federal records that
may be in my information.
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