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 === Pronunciation of Virginia Surnames  ===
-Another interesting aspect of Virginia surnames is - how were they pronounced? In 1895, Lyon G. Tyler recorded the spellings and pronunciations of some rather unusual surnames he was familiar with.<ref>Lyon G. Tyler, "Virginia Names Spelt One Way and Called Another," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1895):271-273. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915297] - free.</ref> This, no doubt, would have affected the way clerks spelled surnames in local records.
+Another interesting aspect of Virginia surnames is - how were they pronounced? In 1895, Lyon G. Tyler recorded the spellings and pronunciations of some rather unusual surnames he was familiar with.<ref>Lyon G. Tyler, "Virginia Names Spelt One Way and Called Another," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1895):271-273. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915297 JSTOR] - free.</ref> This, no doubt, would have affected the way clerks spelled surnames in local records.
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