FreeBMD has a District Alias Team who "map" non standard spellings and uncertain entries to the Official District list. Information about their work can be found at http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/DistrictInfo.html Brian On 5 Dec 2011 at 12:31, Phil wrote: > For minor district mis-spellings there is no need to add a THEORY > line. I understand that there is a database of accepted mis-spellings. > I certainly never use a theory line in this sort of instance. > > For your other query you do not need to add the comment line - treat > them as 2 separate entries. Note that they are not identical - the > handwritten one has the spouse's name spelled differently. > > Phil >