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Some records ask for “age next birthday” instead of “age now.” Make certain you are interpreting ages in documents correctly. An age that appears to be a year off may be correct.
This early 18th century estate settlement spells the word “heifer” as “effer” and it makes a good point about initial letters. There are letters that sometimes simply get dropped when a name is written. The problem is compounded when the dropped letter is the very first one. Hoffman becomes Aufman or Offman Knight becomes Night Habben becomes Abben and so it goes… The heifer does not care whether it is called a heifer or an effer. Your ancestor may not have cared that his last name was written as Aufman instead of Hoffman. But you will care–when you can’t find them.
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