I'd like to see additional columns for alternate spellings of the name submitted as "corrections"; there is one in the N.O. database that isn't correct, judging from other records of the period. If we had additional columns, we could then search on a variety of spellings. I have seen enough old records to know that sometimes the person doing the original transcription didn't write it correctly. Judy Vinson ________________________________ From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of peggy Sent: Fri 4/25/2008 12:34 PM To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Subject: [LAORLEAN] Note on corrections Hi List! I just wanted to mention that you might want to be careful with birth & death index corrections. Often, the name was mis-spelled on the actual record, as I found out with several of my ancestors. Correcting it might lead to not being able to find the record in the Archives if you send in for records with the name spelled the way you know it to be, as they will be searching for what you send. Since the actual record has the name spelled a different way, it would not be found during your search request. peggy rooney ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message