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Originally posted by honeychile
FYI - the first rule of genealogy is that, since spelling was only standardized about 200 years ago, names that are similar are often the same. ne of my other names I trace is McCullough. There are 28 ways of spelling McCullough. Had I ignored the other 27, I would not have been able to get as far back as I have!
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Oh I know...but its kind of a joke with my family. We don't know any others who spell it with two S's, so we always tell people that they spell it wrong and we're the only one's who are right! Even funnier, my great grandfather changed it...we used to be 1 S too!