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Manx Genealogy Archive 1

Re: Elizabeth Shimmin b 1798
In Response To: Re: Elizabeth Shimmin b 1798 ()

I've found in mid 18th C Isabel and Elizabeth were not infrequently used of the same person in baptisms of different children - I asumed the names were either misheard at the time or due to faulty aural memory when the entries were later written up