Thank you everyone for all the suggestions. I didn't even think about checking into different spellings from what I already had. It really makes sense though. I'll keep everyone posted on what I find out. > Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 09:49:01 -0400> From: chuck.richardson@mindspring.com> To: mayflower@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [MFLR] Phoebe Gross> > This problem is often complicated when you realize that record > keepers in the 1700s/1800s with a good education might actually have > what today would only be a third grade level. This was most notable > when English was not the first language of the person of record. I > find this a real problem with French Canadian names. Sometimes the > names would be translated (LeBlank became White) and you can't follow > the line anywhere.> > scanbar wrote:> > Continuing on the name spelling, I have found quite a few names spelled differently because of what I believe to be scrvner's errors. One was Toung for Young. I stumbled over that one as I never thought of looking under "T". I have thought, [erhaps the top "v" of the "Y" was flattened a bit and another scribe mistook it for a "T". Also, the spelling could be "off" according to the accent of the one who is writing it. Try to put yourself in England. or whatever. in the 1600's and how might the name have been sounded then; or was it written in a U.S. southern or western drawl. Or how a person whose language was one other than English might hear it.> >> > Hope thiis helps.> >> > Barbara> > Frequently-asked questions may often be answered by visiting the FAQ page for this list at: http://www.craigrich.net/mayfaq.htm> > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAYFLOWER-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 - http://www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.7.5/1708 - Release Date: 10/4/2008 11:35 AM> >> > > Frequently-asked questions may often be answered by visiting the FAQ page for this list at: http://www.craigrich.net/mayfaq.htm> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAYFLOWER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ See how Windows Mobile brings your life together—at home, work, or on the go. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093182mrt/direct/01/