Re: The fantasy of John Pykarell
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In reply to:
Re: Spelling change, Pickerill to Pickerell
11/04/98
I can prove that no such John Pykarell ever came to America with his family. However, there was a real John Pykarell in Swatham, Norfolk County, England. Clayton D. Pickrel adopted the real man's name for the immigrant fantasy he wrote into his paper, THE PICKREL CHRONICLES. A lot of people have been misled by this. It is a shame. The ancestry chart in the Brown County library is a disaster; a warning should be placed on it. If you want to know more details about the Pickrel fantasy, please see my homepage and its link at
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Re: The fantasy of John Pykarell
4/08/01