Not only for Scotland, I have found this in England, and Australia -----Original Message----- From: sct-islay-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sct-islay-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sue Visser via Sent: Thursday, 19 November 2015 7:31 AM To: SCT-ISLAY-L Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] another answer to census errors Found on Facebook – “Scottish Genealogy” Beware the Ear of the “Hearer” When researching Scottish Records, it is important to remember that the heavy Scottish brogue can add a twist to some words making your research a bit more challenging. When the census taker arrived at the door, he was likely the school master and, being literate (able to read and write), was given the task of asking questions of the locals in the village where he worked. It is also likely that the census taker was not raised in the local village, more likely having come from a larger city or burgh. So, his accent would be quite different to that of the locals. And his ear would be trained to hear things differently than the way the locals spoke. For example, I had a terrible time trying to find the marriage record of my great-great grandfather, Henry Fowler. When I did find him, he was listed as Henry FULLER. The census taker would have asked, “Surname?" and my great-great-grandpa answered "Fooluhr". The "oo" being the brogue when he was enunciating Fowler. ------------------------------- Quoting the entire text of a previous message in a reply is poor netiquette. Please don't do it. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message