[PW] Re: ?meaning of FA = Fatilognist
John P. Dyson
dyson at indiana.edu
Tue Jun 13 13:42:51 PDT 2006
Yep, as near/far as I recall.
JD
Quoting cvj at hcvco.com:
> But John, there __ARE__ shops that sell tobacco products in Utah. Aren't
> there? Connie
>
>> Quoting Autumn Trenton <autumntree at hotmail.com>:
>>> My father, who has plenty of experience transcribing censuses and other
>>> older records, suggested it's a mistranscription of "Tobacconist." The
>>> record is from Georgia, after all.
>>
>> How does your father define tobacconist? Why is a tobacconist more
>> likely in Georgia than, say, in Minnesota? Maybe more likely than in
>> Utah, but otherwise I don't see it.
>>
>> John Dyson
>> Spanish and Portuguese
>> Indiana University
>
>
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