[Genealib] Re: Word Question
Claire Kluskens
cpklus-genelib at yahoo.com
Mon Jun 15 17:29:07 EDT 2009
I almost agree with Don -- but not quite. My reading is:
& in the year 1782 he ranged as duty called under the command of said
Hudson back bordering on the frontier between South Carolina & the
Indians [and] in the fall returned home. that he had no documentary
evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can
procure, ...
I've added the word [and] in brackets since I think that clarifies
the meaning of that sentence. Alternatively, it kind of looks like
there's an end of sentence period after Indians.
This example clearly shows that each researcher needs to find the
original record cited and make their own careful, considered judgment
of what the record says, and, as has been done here consult with
folks with more experience when handwriting is difficult. It is not
wise for the researcher to rely on a transcript that contains
nonsense. Other parts of the same transcript at the website indicated
have other indications that the person doing the transcript was not
very skilled.
Claire Kluskens
National Archives and Records Administration
Washington, DC
On Jun 15, 2009, at 3:19 PM, Wilson, Donald L wrote:
> Ms. Erlich - From the snippet of text you provided, I was able to
> identify the source as the Revolutionary War pension application of
> William Dunlap of Illinois, a soldier in South Carolina. Have
> copied and imbedded the image of the part of the text in question.
> The online transcript of the text has several errors.
>
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
> ~dunlapofcrawfordcoil/Harrison%20Dunlap%20Family.htm
>
> & in the year 1782 he ranged as duly called under the command of
> said Hudson buck bording in the frontier between Souh Carolina and
> the Indians in the fall with himarried That he had no documentary
> evidance and that he knows of no persons testimony he can procure, …
>
> Here is my reading of the same text:
>
> & in the year 1782 he ranged as duly [duty?] called under the
> command of said Hudson back(?) bordering on the frontier between
> South Carolina & the Indians in the fall returned him that he had
> no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose
> testimorny he can procure...
>
> So the word "himarried" does not really appear in this document.
>
>
>
>
> The context of your second example suggests there is a similar
> misreading of the word.
>
> but never having been adopted by himarried
>
> The word "him" alone would complete the sentence. Whether there is
> a flourish that looks like additional letters can't be known
> without looking at the original document.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Donald L. Wilson, Virginiana Librarian,
> Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center
> for Genealogy and Local History (RELIC),
> Prince William Public Library System,
> Bull Run Regional Library,
> 8051 Ashton Avenue, Manassas, VA 20110-2892
> 703-792-4540 www.pwcgov.org/library/relic
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu [mailto:genealib-
> bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Erlich
>
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 4:47 PM
> To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
> Subject: FW: [Genealib] Word Question
>
> Linda,
> Thanks for posting my question. I just joined the list, so I can
> take it from here. Here are two examples I found on the Internet:
>
>
> --Duval reached Major & he was placed under the command of Capt.
> Kennie Hudson & did camp duly there for March & then returned home
> but afterwards was out several times in which he was in company
> with Capt. Hudson & in the year 1782 he ranged as duly called under
> the command of said Hudson buck bording in the frontier between
> Souh Carolina and the Indians in the fall with himarried That he
> had no documentary evidance and that he knows of no persons
> testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. Save the
> testimony of Hannah Higgins whos affidavit is hereby annexedied
>
> -- "Frances Lee Chalker Neeley and James Shirley Neeley were
> divorced about 1920 or 1921 in Nacogdoches County, Texas."
>
> When Jim and Frances divorced Glenna went to live with
> her grandparents, Nancy and Matthew Strahan, but was not legally
> adopted by themarried In many documents Glenna is listed as Glenna
> Bates using the name of her step-father but never having been
> adopted by himarried
>
> Thanks!
> Elizabeth Erlich
> Macomb County Reference and Research Center.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Luft
> Sent: Fri 6/12/2009 4:36 PM
> To: Elizabeth Erlich
> Cc:
> Subject: FW: [Genealib] Word Question
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jamey Hickson [mailto:jamey at leblib.org]
> Sent: Fri 6/12/2009 4:01 PM
> To: Sutton, Linda; Librarians Serving Genealogists
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [Genealib] Word Question
>
>
> How was the word "Himarried" used in a sentence?
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Sutton, Linda
> <suttonl at oakgov.com> wrote:
>
>
> I am passing this question on for another
> Librarian. She has a patron that would like to know the defination
> of the word "Himarried" Googling the word did not help; although
> there were a lot of results.
>
>
> I was wondering if it is a typo. Any
> suggestions?
>
> Linda
>
>
> Linda Sutton
> Oakland County Research Library
> 1200 N Telegraph
> Dept. 453
> Pontiac MI 48341-0453
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> suttonl at oakgov.com
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