I've seen the spelling of Firmin several different ways. I felt that Dale
was off base on a lot of his research but I can't remember why now.
Good luck! You are appreciated!
Bonnie
On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> We need to get a topic going again!
>
> I'm still working on the manuscript nearly every day. As I mentioned
> earlier, I've decided to focus on the first part: Hamil's book and
> Walker's FGS. I still have awhile to go before finishing the first draft
> of it. Hamil's book, of course, is spaghetti. At some point, my own
> writing was looking the same in trying to deal with the problem. But I've
> found the right approach and it's coming along.
>
> BTW, I've notice recently for the first time that Hamil spelled
> Elizabeth's name as "Firmin." I've not been able to find my copy of Dale
> Walker's chart for ages (does anyone have it?) but Eleanor Rue's
> transcription of it spells it Fermin. In other words, Hamil--at the very
> least--got the spelling right. I wonder how Walker's apparent misspelling
> came about.
>
> -Michael
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