Barb: The hardest thing for me to learn in genealogy is to "FORGET HOW TO SPELL". We have had our "Teachers drilling it into our brains that the "PROPER SPELLING OF A PARTICULAR WORD IS: _ _ _ _ _.. When you're searching the census records: you'll want to do your search on the first name, or the date of birth, or the place of birth and then try as many different spelling variations of the last name as you can possibly image, sometimes you will need to flip through every page in a particular county or "STATE" (which is what I had to do to isolate the possibilities for a particular person, My "James Kendall" died in Fayette County, Pa. and absolutely everything said he was born in "Virginia" but nothing stated which county, Thank God there were only 2 born during the timeframe of his birth, Heaven forbid his name would have been "John Smith". Plus, don't believe the death certificates....My g-grandmothers parents listed on her certificate had her "Brother" listed as her father, and her "SISTER-In-LAW" listed as her mother. Then you have "NickNames". My great grandmother (Elizabeth/Bettie) had a nick name of Patsy Ann....In the books it list that particular nickname for the name "Martha"....What I tell people is: These gg-grandparents of mine didn't know how to read and write in the early 1800's, so how would they know the nickname was being used improperly. You would think the Name "Kendall" would be easy to research, here are all the different spellings for that name in the census records: Census Year 1810: Kend"e"ll 1820: Kendal 1830: Kendal 1840: K"i"ndle 1850: Ken"nett" 1860: Kendall 1870: Kindle 1880: K"innell" ....This was the hardest one to find...took me 5 years LOL 1900: "R"endall 1910: Kendall 1920: Kend"e"ll So remember: many people in the 1800's could not read and write. -----Original Message----- From: Barbee [mailto:barbee44@adelphia.net] Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 3:24 AM To: PAFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PAFAY] RE: Robert Goodwin/Goodman family in 1900 Census. Thank you... On my grandmother's marriage certificate she is listed as Goodman too! I should have thought of it.

Angela That was great advise for all of to remember... I have come across this situation in every line I have searched... some can get very interesting ( smile ) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angela Kendall" <ark@tampabay.rr.com> To: <PAFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 4:57 AM Subject: [PAFAY] "Forget How To Spell" > Barb: > The hardest thing for me to learn in genealogy is to "FORGET HOW TO SPELL". > We have had our "Teachers drilling it into our brains that the "PROPER > SPELLING OF A PARTICULAR WORD IS: _ _ _ _ _.. When you're searching the > census records: you'll want to do your search on the first name, or the date > of birth, or the place of birth and then try as many different spelling > variations of the last name as you can possibly image, sometimes you will > need to flip through every page in a particular county or "STATE" (which is > what I had to do to isolate the possibilities for a particular person, My > "James Kendall" died in Fayette County, Pa. and absolutely everything said > he was born in "Virginia" but nothing stated which county, Thank God there > were only 2 born during the timeframe of his birth, Heaven forbid his name > would have been "John Smith". Plus, don't believe the death > certificates....My g-grandmothers parents listed on her certificate had her > "Brother" listed as her father, and her "SISTER-In-LAW" listed as her > mother. > > Then you have "NickNames". My great grandmother (Elizabeth/Bettie) had a > nick name of Patsy Ann....In the books it list that particular nickname for > the name "Martha"....What I tell people is: These gg-grandparents of mine > didn't know how to read and write in the early 1800's, so how would they > know the nickname was being used improperly. > > You would think the Name "Kendall" would be easy to research, here are all > the different spellings for that name in the census records: > > Census Year 1810: Kend"e"ll > 1820: Kendal > 1830: Kendal > 1840: K"i"ndle > 1850: Ken"nett" > 1860: Kendall > 1870: Kindle > 1880: K"innell" ....This was the hardest one to find...took me 5 years LOL > 1900: "R"endall > 1910: Kendall > 1920: Kend"e"ll > > So remember: many people in the 1800's could not read and write. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barbee [mailto:barbee44@adelphia.net] > Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 3:24 AM > To: PAFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PAFAY] RE: Robert Goodwin/Goodman family in 1900 Census. > > > Thank you... On my grandmother's marriage certificate she is listed as > Goodman too! I should have thought of it. > > >

How do YOU spell SHOW Let me count the ways Here is my trouble with a 4 letter name, 23 ways of spelling it Schau Schaub Schauh Schaus Schauss Schausz Schous Schouse Schowe Shau Shauch Shaw Shous Shouse Shough Shores Show Showe Showes Showrs Shows Shuh Sours With several hundred years of ancestors with the Given Name Johann ?? and Hans ??, it is important to know that Johann and earlier, Hans, from the early 1800's back to who knows when, These are christening names, not give names. The second name is the real given name. The females had the same setup, Maria. the first part of the given name was the christenig\ng name and the second part was the real given name. At that period of time, if you see a name, such as "Johann Show" you are missing his given name Searching for; Show, Inks, Cole, Silbaugh, Hickle, Hager, and Romesburg in Pennsylvania Searching for; Williams, Hendricks, Kruse, Prendergast, Brearton, Falkenburg, and Stenstrom in Illinois and Iowa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angela Kendall" <ark@tampabay.rr.com> To: <PAFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 7:57 AM Subject: [PAFAY] "Forget How To Spell" > Barb: > The hardest thing for me to learn in genealogy is to "FORGET HOW TO > SPELL". > We have had our "Teachers drilling it into our brains that the "PROPER > SPELLING OF A PARTICULAR WORD IS: _ _ _ _ _.. When you're searching the > census records: you'll want to do your search on the first name, or the > date > of birth, or the place of birth and then try as many different spelling