Maybe his attitude to spelling was as consistent as his attitude to property...
-----Original Message----- From: Francis Wood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 August 2008 13:33 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [NSP] Re: Tune title spelling I'm not altering my nice Tunebook 1 for the sake of that rogue, villain and scoundrel! Francis On 14 Aug 2008, at 13:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've recently been in contact with a lady whose 7x great grandfather > was Will Allan. She is descended from Jimmy's brother Robert, although > the Allan surname disappeared a couple of generations back as one Hugh > Allan only had daughters. > > Anyway, the point of this ramble is that they have found no instances > of the Allen spelling (as in the first tune book) in their researches, > and all records are spelt Allan. They think it's important that their > iconic ancestor is correctly represented in future! > > I will notify Jamie's 21st century avatar....... > > Julia > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
