To answer Jorge's questions, John Fredrich Marquardt was not an immigrant. He was born in Nebraska. His father was born in a section of Denmark/Germany called Schweig Holstein.   Yes, Ian is the Scottish form of John but it is not his name. It may pull up on the index when someone searches for John but I am not sure.   The "h" disappears with the capital letter "J". It is definitely squished.   Ancestry has John with his wife, Ruby, in the 1930 U.S. Federal Census and the name is not Ian.   There are some other documents on Ancestry as well.   Very odd for sure.   Mary Scott ________________________________ From: Jorge Todeschini <[email protected]> To: Mary S. Scott (Michigan) <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 4, 2012 8:17 AM Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] FamilySearch Indexing Experience This is curious. However the letters are crowded, how can an 'h' disappear entirely in such a short name? In any case, isn't Ian the same as John, only in another language? Johannes, Johann, John, Jean, Juan, Jan, Ian. Was Mr.Marquardt an immigrant? -----Mensagem Original----- From: Mary S. Scott (Michigan) Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 9:48 AM To: Consultants Subject: [LDS-WC] FamilySearch Indexing Experience Last week I had an interesting experience while doing FamilySearch Indexing. I downloaded a 1940 U.S. Federal Census batch from California in Los Angeles County. Imagine my surprise to see a man that I had been helping one of my ward members prepare for temple ordinances several months ago. The surname is very unusual and the ages and birthplace matched. We researched the members of this family and found a lot of information. We knew that the oldest son had moved to Los Angeles County, California and died there in the mid-1940s. The name of the man is John Fredrich Marquardt. The census provided information for his wife and two children. Of course I contacted my friend and gave him the link to the page on the National Archives website (www.archives.gov). He is now in the process of gathering more information on this particular family. After I completed the indexing, I sent it through the system for the next steps. Yesterday I reviewed the batch after the arbitrator had finished with it. Now the arbitrator states that the man's name is Ian Fredrich Marquardt. I admit that the handwriting was pretty bad -- letters crowded together -- but I can actually see the name "John". I know the name is "John" and not Ian. I found him on other records on www.Ancestry.com too and he is always John. I asked for the name to be reviewed but is there anything else I can do? Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks for your time. Mary Scott Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message