A relative whose name was Beverley always went by “Bev.” That’s the name she signed on various cards and letters sent to my parents over the years. One item had slipped in with letters from another side of the family and, without context and while thinking too fast, I found myself asking “Who is Ben? Or who is Benjamin?” It was a little while before I realized there was no Ben at all. The “v” at the end of Bev looked like an “n.” Sometimes one little letter is all it takes. And it can be worse with names that are short because there’s less context with which to work.
We’ve announced details of my 2025 trips to the FamilySearch library in Salt Lake and the Allen County Public Library in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Salt Lake City trip details. Ft. Wayne trip.
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