In a message dated 2/14/99 3:43:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, brearry@ix.netcom.com writes: << Someone in the future may copy it Adra and forever it will continue to be recorded wrong. >> I found my great uncle's name recorded as Minor Sears, but he was known in the family as Maurice. A close reading of the original record revealed that when his birth was recorded, his name had not been chosen yet, so they recorded it as, Sears, a minor. I thought that was amusing, but since he was not my direct ancestor, I did not try to correct it. I should have.