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Surname spelling variations - advice please!
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Mandy in Wiltshire | Report | 12 Jun 2006 16:36 |
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Mandy in Wiltshire | Report | 12 Jun 2006 16:36 |
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Like most people, I’ve had many instances of names being spelt slightly differently from person to person, or generation to generation, but I’ve now found that one family who were consistently EASTLICK in the late 1800s were consistently ESLICK in the early 1800s. When it’s been a minor difference, I’ve entered the names exactly as they appear on certificates etc, but what should I do here? Should it be ESLICK all the way down the generations, or EASTLICK all the way back through the generations? Any advice welcome! Mandy :) |
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Unknown | Report | 12 Jun 2006 16:38 |
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I just put whichever version they seem to have stuck to most, so I have gt gt grandma as Ann Mealing, but various of her siblings as Mealins, Maling, Mellins etc as that is what they are recorded as in the census. |
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Mandy in Wiltshire | Report | 12 Jun 2006 16:47 |
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Thanks Nell, I'm glad you were first to reply because I always take your advice as being sound! I thought that I should stick to what they appeared as on paper, even though it will mean that my great-uncle is Eastlick and his grandfather Eslick. Many thanks Mandy :) |
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