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 > From: rondina.muncy@gmail.com > Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 20:15:55 -0500 > To: genealogy@stevedahlstrom.com > CC: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TGF] Names > > Steve, > > When I run into that situation, I spell the name as it is normally spelled > by a family in the text body unless I am referring to a specific document > with another spelling. For that instance, I use the spelling the document > does. If the spelling is bizarre then I place the usual spelling after it > in brackets. You can also put the variations in quote marks. If it is for a > citation, you may want to consider bracketed spellings, but this also can > become cumbersome. > > I point out at the beginning of every work-product that spellings will be > kept as they are in documents and in document references. I state this > clearly in italics with space around it and sometimes discuss the fact that > spellings were fluid in earlier times. > > In a recent case, the normal spelling was Ryan. I found Rian, Rhine, > Rhines, Rine, and Renn (thank you German clerks) among others. 'Roan' had > to be investigated, but alas, he was a Rine. > > Rondina > _______________________ > Rondina P. Muncy > Ancestral Analysis > 4008 Linden Avenue > Fort Worth, Texas 76107 > 682.224.6584 > rondina.muncy@gmail.com > www.ancestralanalysis.com > > > On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Steve Dahlstrom < > genealogy@stevedahlstrom.com> wrote: > > > > > I am working on a client report. The family surname is found with various > > spellings: Wait/Waitt/Waite/etc. in the report I have tried to use the > > spelling that appears in the record I am describing, but this tends to be > > confusing when referring to the same person. Should I do this, or adopt a > > consistent spelling and make a comment that the actual records may vary? > > > > How have you handled similar situations? > > > > Steve Dahlstrom > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message