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Old Posted Feb 21, 2013, 2:42 AM
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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker View Post
Wow... I had no idea he wasn't Giovanni Caboto! I thought that was his real name and we just made it English to suit our own needs (which I disagree with, and it's why I try to write Giovanni Caboto, ha!)
Yes I thought so too, until I read Trevor's post and consulted Wikipedia, which is also not that infallible.

It all seems a bit murky, just like trying to research my own family history. "We all came from England" . . ."oh, where exactly?" . . "don't know, they didn't think that was important enough to pass down". I have only been able to trace one ancestor for sure to Hampshire; the rest has to be pieced together from common sense and circumstantial evidence.

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