Daily AncestorJim
Jim is a nickname for James, so the same person may be Jim in one record and James in another.
Jim is a short form of James. Charlotte Yonge traced it, with Jemmy, to an older pronunciation of the name.
A gravestone or a family Bible may say Jim while a will or a deed says James. Search indexes under both forms so you do not miss him.
As seen in a recordChurch burial register, 1829; his gravestone reads James
Jim Rountree, aged 74, buried Nov. 23, 1829
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