GraveyardSnoop,
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How many ways can you spell a surname? Today's candidate: Lamphere.

Lamphere
Lanphere
Lamphier
Lampheer
Lampher
Lamphers
Lamphear
Lanpher
Lanfear
Lampher

kwheaton,
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@GraveyardSnoop in my genealogy classes people are often syrprised to learn that consistent soelling of surnames is fairly recent. 16c documents can have 4 or more spellungs of tge same surnane on one parchment. @genealogy

GraveyardSnoop,
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@kwheaton @genealogy Typing all the possibilities into search engines is wrecking me!

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