After searching for YEARS and YEARS for a marriage between Joseph Martin and Ellen Fitzsimmons, I found Ellen Fesimens...say it. :>) At 05:13 PM 4/6/2008 -0400, you wrote: >We have often spoken on this list about the mistakes in spelling we find >in Census records, birth certificates, death certificates, etc. > >I have an ancestor whose surname I find spelled Ziffle. I have suspected >for a long time that this is a phonetic spelling. Unfortunately, as I say >the name over and over, I think of all kinds of ways to spell that name. > >Recently Craig Borne said that he found his ancestor Bridgett's name >recorded as Richard. You know how Orleanians speak; a true Yat would >pronounce that Rich-it (which sounds exactly like Bridgett). > >I know that lots of the names we see in research are the same sort of >thing--where what I said is not what your ear heard. > >I ahved giggling to myself ever since Craig posted that information. > >Everyone here has a story similar to this one--where an ancestor's name is >garbled. > >Carolyn Tregre > >------------------------------- >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 > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG. >Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.8/1362 - Release Date: 4/6/2008 >11:12 AM