Massey
Numbers
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Numbers
Underlined.
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This
is
done
to
identify
those
Massey's
positively
identified
in 1908 by J.G. and E.T. Massey.
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Numbers
enclosed
in
Parentheses.
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This
identifies
those
Masseys
identified
by
401.Mary
Ball
Massey
Brittle
and the information shared in 1980-81.
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Plus
sign
prefix.
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This
is
done
to
indicate
that
additional
information
occurs
under that
person's name and Massey Number.
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Massey
numbers
prefixed
"M".
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This
serves
to
identify
the
Massey
group
that,
headed
by 6.Benjamin
Franklin
Massey, emigrated in 1873 from Maryland to Missouri. This
Missouri branch of the Massey family is the subject of Section III of
this book.
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Massey
Numbers
prefixed
N, S, V and Y.
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These
prefixes
identify
those
Massey
groups
that
emigrated
from
Maryland to
geographical areas other than Missouri, not within the scope of this
book; within the domain of Judge Massey's research.
Note that Judge Massey possessed a mass of data concerning those
Massey's who emigrated from within the scope of this book to areas in
his domain not in this book.
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Massey
Number
Suffixes.
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This
device
serves
to
identify
those
Massey's
who
have
been assigned a place
in this Massey family "By Hypothesis". By this term we mean that
it is not a positive identification; but an identification that has
been made as the result of careful research and intelligent
judgment. With this in mind, use these "By Hypothesis"
identifications with caution.
In this book, when Judge Massey identifies a person's place in the
Massey line "By Hypothesis," we identify this by giving the Massey
Number the suffix "M." When Lou Hough does so, we use "H."
When I do so we use the suffix "L."
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[Note: The page numbers that are
in italics in the right-hand
columns of the individual Massey page references are those in George
Langford, Jr.'s Massey Data Bank, original data saved by my father to back
up his hypotheses and conclusions. It is my hope to add these to
the present book, although that will take some time, as there are over
1,500 such pages. - GL,III, ed.]
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