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please remember the spelling/and scribes righting

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Keithr

Keithr Report 27 Jun 2017 19:58

I see a lot of spelling mistakes on censes and marriage certs:- Remember that the scribes put a capital S small s when righting names. ( BaSs, MaSson ) ect.

Christine

Christine Report 27 Jun 2017 21:33

Hi Keith

I wonder if the scribes would spot your spelling mistakes?

censes
righting
ect

:-D

Keithr

Keithr Report 27 Jun 2017 21:46

Well spotted, very helpful. :-S

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 27 Jun 2017 22:59

Its also worth mentioning that we might assume the capital S is an f

eg Bafs instead of Bass & Mafson instead of Masson

Andrew

Andrew Report 27 Jun 2017 23:08

Could be the the OP is referring to the 'long s' often seen in older records.

Its also worth pointing out that in an age when the majority couldn't read or write, there often wasn't a 'correct' way to spell names. It was up to the person writing the record.I have numerous examples with my own surname, modern is Crews, but seen Creus, Crues, Creyws, Croose and several others

Andy