Good morning! When I submitted a report for the NGS American Genealogy: Home Study Course in which I referred to a surname as you have suggested, I was called out by the person who graded the report. I was told to refer to the name in all variant forms, separated by a forward slash (solidus) throughout the document. There are so many differing opinions on these issues, it is confusing. I referred to Professional Genealogy. Name variants are not covered. Elizabeth Banas

If a name has only 2 or 3 variants mentioned in the discussed documents then that might be ok, but if there are more I would likely not list them all with the forward slash every time they were mentioned in the report. If all discovered variants are mentioned once in the report that should be sufficient. Each situation can be different. If there are no standard methods for handling a situation I typically let common sense have the final say. Phyllis Not yet a CG but working on it -----Original Message----- From: transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Banas Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 6:55 AM To: Transitional genealogists forum Subject: [TGF] Name variants Good morning! When I submitted a report for the NGS American Genealogy: Home Study Course in which I referred to a surname as you have suggested, I was called out by the person who graded the report. I was told to refer to the name in all variant forms, separated by a forward slash (solidus) throughout the document.