I have found the same in my research, different spellings...Although my friend in Budapest says that the surnames are the same if you find someone with a different spelling.....he also goes on to tell me that in my case Fuzi and Fuzy are the same name. and Jagadics and Jagadits are the same......I agree that a lot of the problem was the person writing the record. In the ending "i" and "y" however my Hungarian friend tells me that when communism reigned in Hungary people with surnames ending in "y" changed to "i", as the "y" denoted royality and they did not want the communists to know who was of royal bloodlines... Tina Fuzi-Southwick ----- Original Message ----- From: marlo To: HUNGARY-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 11:07 AM Subject: [HUNGARY-L] writing We found an entry in a Greek Catholic church where it looks like the c is a t in the middle of the name. Is it possible that a priest who made the entries wrote so that we read it as a t instead of a c? This was in the early 1800 and went on for a few years. Margaret

Spelling of names... I've noted that there's been a lot of discussion on spelling. One has to remember that the further back the records go, especially village records, usually the only individual with a modicum of literacy was the priest or minister and he didn't necessarily have that extensive an education either! He would attempt to write records, probably phonetically if there was no other reference and especially if his parishioners were illiterate or semi-literate. The concern for spelling is not limited to Hungarian genealogical research - it's pervasive throughout European records. My wife's and my ancestries include, Hungarian, German, Polish, Slovak, Czech, Norwegian and Swedish roots and in EVERY case, there are spelling anomalies plus there's poor penmanship, incomplete records and damaged records with staining, bleed-through, etc. At the onset of genealogical research it's a bit hard to accept but with time it becomes an accepted fact. Hope this helps, Bob Herrmann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott & Tina Southwick" <southwick@voyager.net> To: <HUNGARY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 7:54 PM Subject: Re: [HUNGARY-L] writing >I have found the same in my research, different spellings...Although my >friend in Budapest says that the surnames are the same if you find someone >with a different spelling.....he also goes on to tell me that in my case >Fuzi and Fuzy are the same name. and Jagadics and Jagadits are the >same......I agree that a lot of the problem was the person writing the >record. In the ending "i" and "y" however my Hungarian friend tells me >that when communism reigned in Hungary people with surnames ending in "y" >changed to "i", as the "y" denoted royality and they did not want the >communists to know who was of royal bloodlines... > Tina Fuzi-Southwick > ----- Original Message ----- > From: marlo > To: HUNGARY-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 11:07 AM > Subject: [HUNGARY-L] writing > > > We found an entry in a Greek Catholic church where it looks like > the c is a t in the middle of the name. Is it possible that a priest > who made the entries wrote so that we read it as a t instead of > a c? This was in the early 1800 and went on for a few years. > Margaret > > > >