Hi Paul I see now...When I listed the dates I didn't go further into my DB in order to show the alternate spellings. Do you kep a separate list of the possible spellings? Am thinking there is a better way for me to reference names? Also, I do not have the DOBR records, only the Asc. #'s. so was unclear as to that the records were you were referrring to. Thanks for clearing Not sure who the lost cousin is, but I believe we lost a cousin, "Marie Rose Bonnevie" because her name was spelled differently in the interment record. Ot could be no one was researching her in depth. One again, thanks for the help. M ----- Original Message ----- From: <pleblan@aim.com> To: <acadian@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 10:48 PM Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] Name police was Ascension Census > > snip > Do you believe the DOBR family Boudier is pertinent in this case? > snip > > snip > DOBR has two other spelling of his name. Bourier & Boudier. > snip > > Marsha > > Please remember that our names were spelt phonetically. (It wasn't > until Teddy Rosevelt was president where when we started having > standard spelling of words. ) > > The Spanish priest wrote what he though he heard from the informant. > > I usually expect the informant to be the bride's father or older > brothers. Anyone have a different "rule of thumb" > > In this marriage it was probably Pierre Landry. (without looking I > would start assuming he was a Brother in Law.) > > In DOBR v 2 I could not find it under your spelling. I went to the > Trahan page (703) they had him as Philippe Bourier with Boudier in > Quotes. > > With this info I went to p 139 which had Philippe half of the marriage > & the baptisimal of son Joseph Rafael. They have a sometimes Bourin. > > Hope this helps. > > Paul Le B > l'Ascension > Louisiane > > PS anyone remember the cousin we lost who said we should not keep a > list of the different spelling that were used by/for an individual > during his lifetime. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To check our Archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > ------------------------------- > To subscribe to the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message. You will receive a > confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam. Give it the > "Name" you would like us to call you. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message