Dear All, I am just sooooo amazed at all the knowledge you guys have. Congratulations. Is there anywhere to find out what all the abbreviations mean, that you use when corresponding. Would be a help perhaps, when I get that far. Sandra / Germany -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: sct-isleofmull-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sct-isleofmull-bounces@rootsweb.com] Im Auftrag von MF Gesendet: Sonntag, 1. September 2013 14:05 An: sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com Betreff: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Gillies Janet Yes, Gillies is the modern or acceptable standard spelling Any ancestral spellings were fine, so long as it sounded correct Quite a few surnames had multiple spellings Michael www.mullfamilies.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet" <cilurnum@googlemail.com> To: "Les Horn" <Leshorn@ythanonich.freeserve.co.uk>; <sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Gillies > As a matter of interest would GILLIES be an acceptable substitution for > the name? Perhaps > more 'recent ' usage > > Janet > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLEOFMULL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sandra You should just list what you're not sure of I refer a lot to GROS = http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/contacts/opentime/ or SP = http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/?gclid={SI:gclid}&gclid=CNygl7q6qrkCFUuWtAodaW4AZA Michael www.mullfamilies.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Becker" <Sandra.Davidson-Becker@gmx.de> To: <sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 3:43 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Gillies Dear All, I am just sooooo amazed at all the knowledge you guys have. Congratulations. Is there anywhere to find out what all the abbreviations mean, that you use when corresponding. Would be a help perhaps, when I get that far. Sandra / Germany

I believe variations in names arose out of interpretation of how the name was said when it was needed to be recorded on paper; Soundex. Nowadays we say "how do you spell that" where there is a possibility of getting someone's name wrong, because we keep names on databases for many reasons. I also think it evolved from where people originated. Scotland's People advise http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?560 A name such as VIGROW will be found earlier in records as VIGROUX or VIGREOUX A name such as DUN in early records, becomes DUNN and DUNNE, another in my own records, SHERIT, SHERET, SHERRET, and when the people of that family migrated from Scotland to England to suggest it is in the accent, the name became SHERRAT and SHERRATT; it is a help in consideration of whether someone with a name sounding the same could be included in our records when we need to pay for a paper record to confirm a relationship. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Becker" <Sandra.Davidson-Becker@gmx.de> To: <sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 3:43 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Gillies Dear All, I am just sooooo amazed at all the knowledge you guys have. Congratulations. Is there anywhere to find out what all the abbreviations mean, that you use when corresponding. Would be a help perhaps, when I get that far. Sandra / Germany -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: sct-isleofmull-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sct-isleofmull-bounces@rootsweb.com] Im Auftrag von MF Gesendet: Sonntag, 1. September 2013 14:05 An: sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com Betreff: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Gillies Janet Yes, Gillies is the modern or acceptable standard spelling Any ancestral spellings were fine, so long as it sounded correct Quite a few surnames had multiple spellings Michael www.mullfamilies.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet" <cilurnum@googlemail.com> To: "Les Horn" <Leshorn@ythanonich.freeserve.co.uk>; <sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Gillies > As a matter of interest would GILLIES be an acceptable substitution for > the name? Perhaps > more 'recent ' usage > > Janet > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLEOFMULL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLEOFMULL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message