My mothers brother Perc James Chapman at birth,was discharged in 1946 from the army as Capt. Perc James,he go t married as Perc James and worked his whole life as Per James and his kids are Perc James.during the Civil war and even at Ellis Is. many times the recorder wrote down what he thought the name should be or what it sounded like.R ----- Original Message ----- From: <WELLGEN@aol.com> To: <PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 7 23 AM Subject: [PABRADFO] Oficial Records > Read very recently that the death certificate is generally made out by > the undertaker and is only signed by the doctor, so don't always blame the > doctor. > My mother was born in Mass. and was to be named Alice Mae. Her father > went to the town office to register the birth. 65 years later when she had > to get birth certificate she found she was named Alice Mary -after his mother > ! > Ralph Weller > >