A similar example I ran into in my research was of my great-grandparents in Ontario (emigrated from Richmond area, as I recall) who were enumerated in 1891 as "Ossiah" by a French-speaking recorder who did his best with their correct name of Usher. I finally found them by re-reading all the microfilm entries for their district and sounding out every surname as written (luckily I knew their address so could focus on just that one district). And that's a trick I continue to use regularly. regards, Jean with other Yorkshire roots in Ryedale <-----Original Message-----> >Message: 4 >Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 06:15:52 +0000 (UTC) >From: Gary in Berkeley <garymarian@comcast.net> >Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] Getting the name wrong >To: Drover54@aol.com >Cc: yorksgen@rootsweb.com > >I imagine that 'young' was the sound the recorder heard; try pronouncing the >name in French, not English. >See? > Cheers, > Gary <span id=m2wTl><p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" style="font-size:13.5px">_______________________________________________________________<BR>Get the Free email that has everyone talking at <a href=http://www.mail2world.com target=new>http://www.mail2world.com</a><br> <font color=#999999>Unlimited Email Storage – POP3 – Calendar – SMS – Translator – Much More!</font></font></span>