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Vautein and ia found in the Denissen Genealogy. The - been anglicized
to Woteing sa many French aurnamss have been changed.
After the formation of the editorial cornnittee several decisions were
made in order to facilitate the publirhing of the Genesloqy.
These -re:
1. Minimize punctuation where mening is not affected.
2. Omit the time of day of birth to save apace.
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3. Retain spellin0 of forenames as used bv Denissen, e.0. Maudelene,
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~leonora'
4. Leave conm~ts in French without translating.
5. Retain C.M. Burton'a c-nts.
6. Use the n- of parishes without the use of the possessive, e.g. Ste
Anne, not Ste ma's
1. Index the names of Indiana. if a nm is used end not the name of a
tribe.
8. Not to index the already alphabetized surnames.
9. Index all other nanes not in the alphabetized areanpewrat.
10. Index several spellings of a rur-, e.g. Piche see Pichet
Again may I thank ell those who helped to being Fr. Deniaaen'a work to a much
rider audience.
Harold Fhd4ric Powell PM
ProLesro= Emexitua
Wayne State University
Detroit. Michigan
1976 Editorial Committee were:
1. Harold 6. Powell, chairman
2. Eliahth Case Errin. fo-e secretsev of the Detroit Societv for
Genealogical Research
3. Beenice Cox Sprenger, £0-r chief of the Burton Historical
Collection
4. A:G; Leigh IaChepelle, teacher of genealogy and £0-r resident of
Ontario