re: #253 freetoken

And it is interesting to see how our language has changed, too.

Looking at documents (such as probate) from the middle 19th century, the language is fairly similar to today.

But go back just a 100 years and there is a large difference. Going back and reading some stuff, like a land charter one of my ancestors got from the crown, is strikingly different in script and grammar and spelling and even the lexicon.

My family doesn’t even know how their last name is really spelled. They came over during the worst time, When every one was eating each other in Jamestown. They spelled things differently from year to year.