It's not just the O' that comes to mind. My last name has always had a capital B. Not any more. I think the same bureaucrats decided that, too. Patricia > Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 15:43:49 -0600 (MDT) > From: Doreen O<grandeebc@shaw.ca> > Subject: [Q-R] Here's a question for you... > To: Quebec Research<quebec-research@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1887279588.47302638.1400276629253.JavaMail.root@cds005> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Computers do not always accept the apostrophe in some names and therefore names are being recorded in a rather misleading way. > > Ex: O'Sullivan reads as o Sullivan - leaving one to think the "o" is a middle name. > > However if you went towww.canada411.com and entered a search for O'Brien in Toronto you would find a variety with and without the apostrophe. > > My surname has an apostrophe which shows on one bank card but not on others, nor does it show on my driver licence but does show on passport and medical records. > > So I guess the question is: who determines whether your name should or should not be recorded as on your birth/marriage certificate? > > Cheers! >

Yes, but your name would still be listed in the same alpha order under "L". If the "O" has been set apart in lower case then for instance O'Brien would be filed under "B". I imagine there would be a mighty uproar if the "Mc", "Mac" and "son" were removed from surnames as they also signify descendant names. Look at what has happened to names like St-Arnaud... often found as Starnaud. That looks like a very different name to me. This is not the same thing as phonetic spelling or even translating a name, as frustrating as that can be for genealogy people. Cheers! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia LeBeau" <kola626@embarqmail.com> To: quebec-research@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 6:26:03 AM Subject: [Q-R] Here's a question for you... It's not just the O' that comes to mind. My last name has always had a capital B. Not any more. I think the same bureaucrats decided that, too. Patricia > Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 15:43:49 -0600 (MDT) > From: Doreen O<grandeebc@shaw.ca> > Subject: [Q-R] Here's a question for you... > To: Quebec Research<quebec-research@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1887279588.47302638.1400276629253.JavaMail.root@cds005> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Computers do not always accept the apostrophe in some names and therefore names are being recorded in a rather misleading way. > > Ex: O'Sullivan reads as o Sullivan - leaving one to think the "o" is a middle name. > > However if you went towww.canada411.com and entered a search for O'Brien in Toronto you would find a variety with and without the apostrophe. > > My surname has an apostrophe which shows on one bank card but not on others, nor does it show on my driver licence but does show on passport and medical records. > > So I guess the question is: who determines whether your name should or should not be recorded as on your birth/marriage certificate? > > Cheers! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~For the list web page, goto: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm And we are on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/QRlist/ List Archives are at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/QUEBEC-RESEARCH ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUEBEC-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message