Hi, Imost all familys. A child could be in the fanily and listed as a brother. But, was also another Lawsons son and a wood-colt. Phillip ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephanie Carson Feldman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 9:03 AM Subject: Re: [CARSON] Carson Transcription Errors > Those that transcribe the census do make errors and > little r's and s's look alike, as do a's and o's. > Unfortunately, that's the Carson name! Carron and > Casson are all legitimate names, Corson and Carsan too > (though I don't think they're popular). Casson and > Corson are probably the top two errors. But don't > forget Karson, soundex won't help you with that one, > though I've rarely seen it (I had a Kierson once). > > When you just KNOW someone is there, I've tried > searching by their first name, age, and place of birth > and left the surname blank. > > Best regards, > Stephanie > > --- Marilyn Bess <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Today we expect to find our surname spelled > > correctly in public documents. However in the past > > this was not always true. I could not find a family > > member of the 1830 census in Cortland County so I > > ran his first name and found him index under Casson. > > I then ran that spelling and found a brother never > > found before in the neighboring township. I am > > wondering what variable spelling of the Carson name > > others have found. Thanks Marilyn > > _______________________________________________ > > CARSON mailing list > > [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > CARSON mailing list > [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > 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 >