Posted By:	K Leahey
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	Subject:	spelling: Leahey vs. Leahy
	Post Date:	February 13, 2000 at 13:37:45
	Message URL:	http://genforum.genealogy.com/lahey/messages/68.html
	Forum:	Lahey Family Genealogy Forum
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Does anyone know anything about the distinction between the spellings of Leahey and Leahy? In my research, my family's spelling changed from Leahy to Leahey inexplicably about a hundred years ago, and apparently was changed by educated people. Is this at all significant?