Like all genealogy researchers, I have found that there are several spellings for my one-name study of LANDYMORE. Most variants are due to what the recorder thought was being pronounced and they are, in my case, strongly influenced by local accents and/or illiteracy. Or, indeed, by errors of the transcribers who cannot read handwriting styles so that, for example, the initial 'L' is transcribed on census returns as 'S'. In order to avoid confusion, from the mid 19th century onwards, I have used the spelling preferred by their recent descendants in each family group. I have indicated in the introduction to my BMDs & transcribed documents, the variants and their likely location in the UK and overseas. Given the current issues of personal information security, am I correct in assuming that I cannot list BMDs later than 1914 when I deposit all this information, It is a pity as I have family information for one branch with a lot of partners & single parents which will be very difficult to unravel in the future. Lauretta Harris 3434