Hi List, I have Pannebecker ancestors. Most of the time the progenitor in theis country spelled it that way. Since then, there are about 40 known variations. I try to follow the spelling for the particular line. It is a real mess any way you do it. A cousin who is doing great and wonderous things to the Umstead line does this.. There are almost as many variations there as well. She has inserted an 'Ums' as surname and then the given names and variable spelling in the given name field. That way, the sort is by Ums then given names. So if you find a John Henry Ums family you can grab him regardless of how he spelled the last name. That way you don't have to look in all the variations for all the John Henrys. If you don't have 10000 or so of a given name, you might consider this. Ron Mitchell ----- Original Message ----- From: mary stickney <stickneys@alltel.net> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 5:53 PM Subject: Re: [FO] Surname Spelling ? > > I only do it with my Yerington line as there are so many of them. > > they original spelling was Yarrington. should that not be what our name is? > > but I go by my Mother spelling Yerington. > > I have seen some of the same people , listed with different spellings in > the same year, > It must be someone else writing down what they think it sounds like. > > MorseSA@aol.com wrote: > > > Since I try and do my line with facts that were of that time, I do not lit > > the spelling diff interfere with my entries. If they were know in 1635 as > > Mors and then the next generation was Morse, then that is how it is placed in > > my system and done per person. I go by the policy that I am recording history > > and will try to stay as close to it as possible. Yes, it is hard to trace a > > John or Mary but it depends on how you wish to arrange your own line. > > > > Yes, use the AKA and the note section to explain the change, when it happen > > and why if you know. Each person has his or her own style and approach to > > this matter. > > > > This follows the question of the town name. Like Middleboro or Middleborough > > or what about a State like Org Terr for Wash State in the 1830s. Do you make > > all Washington State back to the early days? > > > > Stafford-Ames Morse > > > > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > > Searchable ARCHIVES - (might wrap so you have to type in part of the name, or copy and paste) > > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=FAMILY-ORIGI NS-USERS > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > > > -- > (o o) > ------------oOOo-(_)-oOOo------------ > > Mary Stickney (IBSSG) - owner of 6 Rams and 1 ewe > > MY HOMEPAGES: > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=stickneys > http://www.genealogy.com/users/r/o/g/Mary-L-Rognessstickney/ > > my mystery > http://www.alltel.net/~ms81250/ > http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com > http://www.genealogy.com/users/r/o/g/Mary-L-Rognessstickney/PHOTO/0058ph oto.html > http://www.genealogy.com/users/r/o/g/Mary-L-Rognessstickney/PHOTO/0057ph oto.html > > Surnames: Yerington, Rogness, Wade, Ankles, Sorensen, Overbeck, Jensen, > Duncan, Austin, Osborn, Goodall, Baldwin, Pearce, Suiter , Avery , Bill > > > > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > PLEASE send personal replies and "THANK YOU" message privately. All messages on this list are archived and archiving takes up valuable space. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >