If you were to search births 1926 onwards for Carapa* you would discover yet further spellings. http://www.freebmd.org.uk/vol_faq.html#6af shows that #THEORY is appropriate if you have reason to believe that what is typed in the index may be wrong. "#THEORY indicates that what has been transcribed is what is in the index but there is reason to believe the index is wrong. It describes what it is believed should be in the index." So for the marriage of Ms HUGHES , you could follow with #THEORY spouse surname possibly Carapanageotis if you wished. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Barnard" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:39 PM Subject: Alternative spelling of spouse surname >I am currently transcribing 1926 Marriages and am working on December >quarter, page 436. One of the entries on this page is for a marriage >between Hughes and Carapanagertis. > > As the final character of Carapanagertis was slightly indistinct, I > decided to cross-check it against the corresponding entry for the spouse - > only to find that that entry (on page 139) shows the surname spelled > Carapanageotis. > > Has anyone come across this particular problem before, and if so, what is > the correct way of tackling it? Is it #COMMENT or #THEORY? > > TIA, > Sue >