Hi Pat ! No need to apologise ! - it is a very valuable piece of info for any "Newbies" on the List ! - and your contributions are always interesting ! Best Wishes ! Roger. -------------------- On 7 Feb 2011, at 10:47, Patricia Bridges wrote: > Apologies for the last message, I meant to send directly to Kay in > confirmation of what she had found. > Pat ... > > I recently found an ancestor's name written as Wyllym Brygges in > parish > records written in the 1500s. > Suddenly there were no more events for our Brygges family. However > there > was a William and Mary having children whose names looked familiar, > but > their name was written as Bridges. But they all checked out with a > Will we > have at home. > I then rechecked the PRs and there had been a change of incumbent - > all the > entries following the arrival of the new Reverend gentleman were > written as > Bridges. > > Pat ... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Simpkins FH" <simpkinsfh@googlemail.com> > To: <suffolk@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 10:29 AM > Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] SUFFOLK Digest, Vol 6, Issue 38 > --------------------- >> Another point to remember is that the census takers could write, >> but the >> actual level of writing could be in doubt, the occupants >> themselves could >> be >> totally illiterate, and have now idea how their name had been >> written, or >> even how it was spelt. >> >> My husbands surname of Simpkins, is found a Simkins, Simkin, Simpkin. >> Simpkins, Sympkin, etc. My BIL said no they could not be our >> ancestors >> as >> our name has a p and a s, until I explained to him the literacy >> levels in >> the past. >> >> Kay > >

*blushes* thank you Roger, I really should have noticed that in those PRs (dare I say it, in a parish just over the border in Norfolk), the handwriting had become clearer. I wondered if the new incumbent was perhaps a more educated man than his predecessor. Worth noting that if the handwriting does suddenly appear different, check to see if there is a change in the writer of the entries. Pat ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Partridge" <rogerpartridge1934@gmail.com> To: "Patricia Bridges" <patricia@bridgessuffolk.plus.com>; <suffolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] (Census errors) variations of spellings > Hi Pat ! No need to apologise ! - it is a very valuable piece of info > for any > "Newbies" on the List ! - and your contributions are always interesting > ! > Best Wishes ! Roger. > -------------------- > On 7 Feb 2011, at 10:47, Patricia Bridges wrote: > >> Apologies for the last message, I meant to send directly to Kay in >> confirmation of what she had found. >> Pat ... >> >> I recently found an ancestor's name written as Wyllym Brygges in parish >> records written in the 1500s. >> Suddenly there were no more events for our Brygges family. However >> there >> was a William and Mary having children whose names looked familiar, but >> their name was written as Bridges. But they all checked out with a >> Will we >> have at home. >> I then rechecked the PRs and there had been a change of incumbent - all >> the >> entries following the arrival of the new Reverend gentleman were >> written as >> Bridges. >> >> Pat ...