Just an idea for those not finding names with ss in surname on IGI. Today quite accidientally found something I had given up on, two names transcribed as having spelling fs rather than ss. Easy to see if the person doing the transcribing had not seen any mid and late 1800 handwrinting, and of course earllier. I had been checking for the known and correcting spellling, and searches brought up nothing on the IGI. This was an I listing, not a submission. Not for SAL but thats list I pay most attention to (or did - maybe good night Shropshire now its getting very monotonous).. Having said above, the IGI is still a fantastic tool and completely free of charge, for first investigations. Jo. Pleasantly warm Shropshire.

Thanks for that tip, Jo. I'm going to 'revisit' some of my double s's! Out of interest, I've also found the same with U and V. eg Silver entered as Siluer! Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: "twigs" <twigs@dsl.pipex.com> To: <ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 11:49 AM Subject: IGI transcription of ss as fs > Just an idea for those not finding names with ss in surname on IGI. > > Today quite accidientally found something I had given up on, two names > transcribed as having spelling fs rather than ss. Easy to see if the person > doing the transcribing had not seen any mid and late 1800 handwrinting, and > of course earllier. I had been checking for the known and correcting > spellling, and searches brought up nothing on the IGI. This was an I > listing, not a submission. Not for SAL but thats list I pay most attention > to (or did - maybe good night Shropshire now its getting very monotonous).. > > Having said above, the IGI is still a fantastic tool and completely free of > charge, for first investigations. > > Jo. Pleasantly warm Shropshire. >