Just a note to researchers on Scots Origins (SO). I sent a msg recently concerning what I'd found in my downloads from SO. Out of 3,000 names I've downloaded, generally, I noted only about 10 % were spelled correctly. Most were phonetically spelled, some spellings were much different than I expected. Some examples are: SURNAME......As Spelled in Scots Origin (OPR) records AIKEN........AIKINE ANDERSON.....ANDERSOUNE BLACK........BLAK BOSWELL......BOSUELL BROWN........BROUNE BRYSON.......BRYSSON BUCHAN.......BUCKUM CRAWFORD.....CRAWFURD DIXON........DICKSOUNE DOUGLAS......DOWGLASE, DUGLASSE FERGUSON.....FERGUESONE FRIZELL......FRYSELL GARNER.......GAIRNER GIBSON.......GIBBISONE GORDON.......GORDOUN GREEN........GREIN GREENLAW.....GREINLAW HALIBURTON...HALYBRUITOUN HENDERSON....HENRYSONE JOHNSTON.....JONSTONE LYNCH........LEITCH MILLER.......MILLAR NICHOLSON....NICCOLSONE PATTON.......PATOUN, PATAN, PATONE RALSTON......RALSTOUN REED.........REID, RID ROBERTSON....ROBERTSOUNE SADLER.......SAIDLER SHAW.........SCHAW SHELL........SCHEILL SIMPSON......SIMSOUN, SYMPSONE, SYMSON STEVENSON....STIVENSONE, STEVINSONE MCGREGOR.....MCKGRIGOR, MCKGRIGGER TAYLOR.......TAILYOUR THOMPSON.....TOMPSONE TURNER.......TURNOR WATSON.......WATSOUNE Forename.....Scots Origin AGNES........AGNASE ALLISON......ALISONE, AILISONE ANDREW.......ANDRO, ANDROW ARCHIBALD....AIRCHBALD BARBARA......BARBRIE CHRISTIAN....CHRISTEANE DAVID........DAUID HARRY........HAERIE, HERIE HENRY........HENDRIE JANET........JENAT, JONATT, JANNAT JOHN.........JHONE, JOHNNE, JON KATHRINE.....KATREIN MARGARET.....MARGRIT MARION.......MARIONNE, MARYON MICHAEL......MYCHAELL OLIVER.......OLIVEIR, OLIPHER REBECCA......REBECKA RICHARD......RITCHART, RECHART THOMAS.......TOMAS VIOLET.......VYLOT WILLIAM......WILLIANE, WILYIAM When I actually looked at the records, I am finding MANY data input errors for the OPR. The errors are usually the parents or spouse's name (either forenames or surnames) not entered in the proper column in the database for the respective name. As a result searches may be frustrating. As Shown In OPR Record: (N1-N3 = SURNAME, F1-F3 = FORENAME, M = MISCELLANEOUS DATA) An example, as shown in the OPR (christening) N1......F1......N2.......F2...N3.....F3......M CADELL..MARION..FRANCIS..HEW..JANET..CADELL..HEW FRANCIS CADELL/JANET MARIAN BUCHAN SYDSERF It Should Read: N1......F1......N2......F2...........N3.......F3 CADELL..MARION..CADELL..HEW FRANCIS..SYDSERF..JANET MARIAN BUCHAN ============================================================================================ Another example, as shown in OPR (marriage): N1......F1....N2......F2......N3.....F3..M CUTHIL..MARY..DUNCAN..HENRY..............HENRY DUNCAN MCGOWAN It should read: N1......F1....N2.......F2............N3..F3..M CUTHIL..MARY..MCGOWAN..HENRY DUNCAN.......... ============================================================================================ Another example, as shown in OPR (marriage): N1......F1.........N2...F2.....N3..F3...M CADELL..CATHERINE..HAY..LEWIS...........LEWIS HAY IRVING It should read: N1......F1.........N2......F2.........N3..F3..M CADELL..CATHERINE..IRVING..LEWIS HAY.......... ============================================================================================ Another example, as shown in OPR (christening): N1......F1........N2.............F2....N3..F3..M CADDEL..LAURENCE..CADDEL ELIZTH..JOHN..........JOHN CADDEL/ELIZTH. JOHNSON It should read: N1......F1........N2.............F2....N3.......F3......M CADDEL..LAURENCE..CADDEL.........JOHN..JOHNSON..ELIZTH.. ============================================================================================ Is this clear as mud. Good luck. Bill Caddell List Manager for BATTLES, BIRCHFIELD, BURCHFIELD, BURWELL, CADDELL, CADLE, CADWELL, CALDER, CALDERWOOD, CAUDLE, CORDELL, KEADLE, and SCT-INVERNESS