06.15.08
History And Your Name
When I first began to research my husband’s family, his maternal grandmother was still alive. I phoned her to discuss her family and her deceased husband’s family. One thing that she was completely adamant about was the spelling of her late husband’s family name. She kept repeating, “It’s Gragg not Gregg.”
My husband later explained to me that there were Gregg’s in the area he grew up in that were not related to his family. I’m not sure why she was such a stickler with this point.
My research has taught me to always keep an open mind even when you are presented with stories that people claim to be factual. Always keep an open mind.
Through my research, it came to pass that the family name flip-flopped through the years and census records between ‘Gragg’ and ‘Gregg’. I will never know why the name kept flip-flopping but it did. This is why researchers always check different name spellings. Things are not always what they seem to be.
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