Hi, Can anyone enlighten me as to a possible why, Schrenk (father's name), would be changed to Schrank (son's name), in the same location (Schwenningen), and later, in Schluchtern, be spelled Schranck in the church records? Thanks, Jerrian

Spelling was not standardized until the mid 1900s.  People spelled how it sounded to them at that moment.  Could be different people writing it down at different times.  I have documents where the same name is spelled differently within them.    Laura >________________________________ > From: Jerrian <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 2:35 PM >Subject: [BW] Schrank/Schranck/Schrenk > >Hi, Can anyone enlighten me as to a possible why, Schrenk (father's name), >would be changed to Schrank (son's name), in the same location >(Schwenningen), and later, in Schluchtern, be spelled Schranck in the church >records? Thanks, Jerrian > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Spelling was not standardized until late 1800s early 1900s. People spelled names phoenetically. All these variations would sound the same. Hope this helps. Elsie -----Original Message----- From: Jerrian Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 3:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [BW] Schrank/Schranck/Schrenk Hi, Can anyone enlighten me as to a possible why, Schrenk (father's name), would be changed to Schrank (son's name), in the same location (Schwenningen), and later, in Schluchtern, be spelled Schranck in the church records? Thanks, Jerrian ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message